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type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence: admissibility."
description: "Existing law provides that except as otherwise provided by statute, all relevant evidence is admissible."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2243"
citation: "California AB 2243 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Evidence: admissibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a172a44c-a766-4fcd-a600-5a580334dff1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2243"
source_hash: "dd02a027f5b05442500e22980dd34c43d23f1a7e3f94833e2ef4693f6ed504a7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 2243 (20172018) — Evidence: admissibility.
Existing law provides that except as otherwise provided by statute, all relevant evidence is admissible.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2243&version=20170AB224399INT)
2. **03/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2243&version=20170AB224398AMD)
3. **05/07/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2243&version=20170AB224397AMD)
4. **06/13/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2243&version=20170AB224395CHP)
5. **AB2243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2243)
6. **05/30/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2243&version=20170AB224396ENR)
## Votes
- Consent Calendar AB2243 — **390** (pass) · upper
- AB 2243 FRIEDMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **770** (pass) · lower
- AB 2243 FRIEDMAN Assembly Third Reading — **670** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Friedman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** 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`
- **2018-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 4530.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4220.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-05-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5367.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-06-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 27, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a172a44c-a766-4fcd-a600-5a580334dff1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).