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type: "Bill"
title: "Material witnesses: human trafficking."
description: "Existing law authorizes the defendant or the people, in cases where the defendant has been charged with a serious felony, as defined, or in a case of domestic violence, to have a witness examined conditionally, as specified, if there is evidence that the life of the witness is in jeopardy. Existing law specifies the information required to be stated in the affidavit applying to examine a witness conditionally, including the nature of the offense charged."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1610"
citation: "California AB 1610 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Material witnesses: human trafficking."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-06"
last_action: "2014-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/188e2289-3434-4484-8f1e-5df8a536b8f1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1610"
source_hash: "73fceafdedbc0e8814f7ba585d009554c2b3aae55044a416fd8ff20ab812f2c8"
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 1610 (20132014) — Material witnesses: human trafficking.
Existing law authorizes the defendant or the people, in cases where the defendant has been charged with a serious felony, as defined, or in a case of domestic violence, to have a witness examined conditionally, as specified, if there is evidence that the life of the witness is in jeopardy. Existing law specifies the information required to be stated in the affidavit applying to examine a witness conditionally, including the nature of the offense charged.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/06/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1610&version=20130AB161099INT)
2. **03/20/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1610&version=20130AB161098AMD)
3. **05/08/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1610&version=20130AB161097AMD)
4. **06/03/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1610&version=20130AB161096AMD)
5. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1610&version=20130AB161095AMD)
6. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1610&version=20130AB161093CHP)
7. **AB1610** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1610)
8. **08/26/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1610&version=20130AB161094ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB1610 Bonta By Mitchell — **320** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- AB 1610 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **60** (pass) · upper
- AB 1610 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bonta — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** 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`
- **2014-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-21** From consent calendar.
- **2014-04-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4592.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** 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-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-03** 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-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4706.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-22** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6347.)
- **2014-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6349.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 709, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/188e2289-3434-4484-8f1e-5df8a536b8f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).