republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-923.md

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Bill	Criminal investigations: eyewitness identification.	Existing law generally regulates the collection and admissibility of evidence for purposes of criminal prosecutions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 923	California SB 923 (20172018)	bill	Criminal investigations: eyewitness identification.	enacted	Wiener	7	27	8	2018-01-23	2018-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/13cc3b02-8820-4f90-a687-7a36ea6d35ad	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB923	d015776a83a83cfe16fed7a83ca9751d2c3f79f9e62de7f0d7300af798f084a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 923 (20172018) — Criminal investigations: eyewitness identification.

Existing law generally regulates the collection and admissibility of evidence for purposes of criminal prosecutions.

Version chain

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

1. 01/23/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/25/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/23/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB923 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/07/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB923 Wiener et al. — 27–8 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB923 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 21–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 923 Wiener Senate Third Reading By LEVINE — 50–21 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wiener — primary (person)
• Levine — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
• 2018-02-01 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-03-06 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2018-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4627.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-13 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2018-04-23 April 23 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4299.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 4400.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 June 27 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 21. Noes 8. Page 6188.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2018-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 977, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13cc3b02-8820-4f90-a687-7a36ea6d35ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).