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type: "Bill"
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title: "Examination of victims of sex crimes."
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description: "Existing law authorizes, the prosecution to apply for an order that a victim's testimony at the preliminary hearing be video recorded and the video recording preserved when the defendant has been charged with certain sex crimes, including rape and sodomy, and the victim is a person 15 years of age or less or is developmentally disabled as a result of an intellectual disability."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 993"
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citation: "California AB 993 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Examination of victims of sex crimes."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-02-16"
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last_action: "2017-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0225d21b-9d07-4b96-a5ae-f1617dc8dc0a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB993"
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source_hash: "f3e765f5f1e351f451d3a9f7a29920b6e1344a3517168d646f4a0b5afd706e02"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 993 (20172018) — Examination of victims of sex crimes.
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Existing law authorizes, the prosecution to apply for an order that a victim's testimony at the preliminary hearing be video recorded and the video recording preserved when the defendant has been charged with certain sex crimes, including rape and sodomy, and the victim is a person 15 years of age or less or is developmentally disabled as a result of an intellectual disability.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB993&version=20170AB99399INT)
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2. **07/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB993&version=20170AB99398AMD)
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3. **09/27/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB993&version=20170AB99396CHP)
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4. **AB993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB993)
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5. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB993&version=20170AB99397ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Baker — primary (person)
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- Anderson — coauthor (person)
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- Bates — coauthor (person)
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- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
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- Chen — coauthor (person)
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- Chávez — coauthor (person)
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- Cooper — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Cunningham — coauthor (person)
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- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
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- Glazer — coauthor (person)
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- Lackey — coauthor (person)
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- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
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- Mathis — coauthor (person)
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- Patterson — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Stone — coauthor (person)
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- Vidak — coauthor (person)
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- Waldron — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
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- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-21** Coauthors revised.
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- **2017-03-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1393.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-07-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2303.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2017-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3011.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2017-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 320, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0225d21b-9d07-4b96-a5ae-f1617dc8dc0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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