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Bill	Sexual assault victims: rights.	(1) Existing law grants the victim of sexual assault, as specified, the right to have a victim advocate and a support person of the victim's choosing at any interview by law enforcement authorities, district attorneys, or defense attorneys. Existing law requires the law enforcement authority or district attorney, before commencing the initial interview, to notify a victim that he or she has this right.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1312	California AB 1312 (20172018)	bill	Sexual assault victims: rights.	enacted	Gonzalez Fletcher	8	28	6	2017-02-17	2017-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/50f90d7c-ee3d-4353-a6ac-ec03237932e8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1312	a9fda5cc21ef67343f53af405702d09e528de97566fbb9e08900cfa1e6ff7829	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1312 (20172018) — Sexual assault victims: rights.

(1) Existing law grants the victim of sexual assault, as specified, the right to have a victim advocate and a support person of the victim's choosing at any interview by law enforcement authorities, district attorneys, or defense attorneys. Existing law requires the law enforcement authority or district attorney, before commencing the initial interview, to notify a victim that he or she has this right.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/06/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/26/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/12/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1312 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1312 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1312 Gonzalez Fletcher By Skinner — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1312 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gonzalez Fletcher — primary (person)
• Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
• Berman — author (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2017-03-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-06 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Measure version as amended on May 26 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1943.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-06-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2577.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3144.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 692, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50f90d7c-ee3d-4353-a6ac-ec03237932e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).