Existing law, known as the "hearsay rule," provides that, at a hearing, evidence of a statement that was made other than by a witness while testifying at the hearing and that is offered to prove the truth of the matter stated is inadmissible. Existing law provides exceptions to the hearsay rule to permit the admission of specified kinds of evidence. Among other exceptions, certain evidence of prior inconsistent statements of a witness in the form of a video recorded statement or transcript that is properly admitted in a preliminary hearing or trial of the same criminal matter is admissible if certain conditions are met.
California AB 1736 (20172018) — Evidence: hearsay: prior inconsistent statements.
Existing law, known as the "hearsay rule," provides that, at a hearing, evidence of a statement that was made other than by a witness while testifying at the hearing and that is offered to prove the truth of the matter stated is inadmissible. Existing law provides exceptions to the hearsay rule to permit the admission of specified kinds of evidence. Among other exceptions, certain evidence of prior inconsistent statements of a witness in the form of a video recorded statement or transcript that is properly admitted in a preliminary hearing or trial of the same criminal matter is admissible if certain conditions are met.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1736 Cunningham By Wiener — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1736 CUNNINGHAM Consent Calendar Second Day — 67–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cunningham — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-01-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-01-04 From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
2018-01-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-02-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (February 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-02-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-02-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-02-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 4066.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-02-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-04-19 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-05-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-06-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4825.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-06-21 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-06-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 64, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d795df4b-b12d-478d-8500-aba855074b7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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