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Bill	Crimes: child pornography.	Existing law prohibits the production, development, duplication, distribution, or possession, as specified, of matter, in specified formats, that depicts a person under 18 years of age engaging in or simulating sexual conduct, as defined. Existing law separately prohibits this conduct where it is done for consideration or where such matter is shared with a minor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1831	California AB 1831 (20232024)	bill	Crimes child pornography	enacted	Berman	10	33	9	2024-01-12	2024-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/ecd036e3-9f98-48a7-bc09-28d351f91962	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1831	de65712a1d45d183e70e3d8afaa56706c927013c61b82f8d1cdfebf484fc6daa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1831 (20232024) — Crimes: child pornography.

Existing law prohibits the production, development, duplication, distribution, or possession, as specified, of matter, in specified formats, that depicts a person under 18 years of age engaging in or simulating sexual conduct, as defined. Existing law separately prohibits this conduct where it is done for consideration or where such matter is shared with a minor.

Version chain

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

1. 01/12/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/06/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/19/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/15/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/28/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/29/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB1831 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1831 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1831 Berman et al. By Wahab — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1831 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)
• Allen — coauthor (person)
• Archuleta — coauthor (person)
• Becker — coauthor (person)
• Bennett — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Chen — coauthor (person)
• Dixon — coauthor (person)
• Flora — coauthor (person)
• Grayson — coauthor (person)
• Irwin — coauthor (person)
• Joe Patterson — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)
• Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
• Pellerin — coauthor (person)
• Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Sanchez — author (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)
• Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)
• Ta — coauthor (person)
• Wahab — principal coauthor (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)
• Wilson — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-13 From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
• 2024-02-20 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 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-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-25 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5618.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2024-06-06 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-06-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-06-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-07-01 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-28 Joint Rule 61 suspended.
• 2024-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 926, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ecd036e3-9f98-48a7-bc09-28d351f91962. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).