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type: "Bill"
title: "False reports and harassment."
description: "(1) Existing law makes certain publications and communications, including certain communications in a legislative proceeding, judicial proceeding, any other official proceeding authorized by law, or in the initiation or course of any other proceeding authorized by law and reviewable pursuant to a writ of mandate, privileged, and therefore protected from civil action, subject to certain exceptions. These exceptions include any communication made in a judicial proceeding knowingly concealing the existence of an insurance policy or policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1775"
citation: "California AB 1775 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["False reports and harassment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2020-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e478993-0550-481d-877c-1beec0ca18d5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1775"
source_hash: "fdc2cb701393c071bfb26a66abaca071b02132bb134b4d601ad4d739e0e011fa"
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 1775 (20192020) — False reports and harassment.
(1) Existing law makes certain publications and communications, including certain communications in a legislative proceeding, judicial proceeding, any other official proceeding authorized by law, or in the initiation or course of any other proceeding authorized by law and reviewable pursuant to a writ of mandate, privileged, and therefore protected from civil action, subject to certain exceptions. These exceptions include any communication made in a judicial proceeding knowingly concealing the existence of an insurance policy or policies.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1775&version=20190AB177599INT)
2. **04/09/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1775&version=20190AB177598AMD)
3. **06/17/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1775&version=20190AB177597AMD)
4. **07/31/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1775&version=20190AB177596AMD)
5. **08/20/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1775&version=20190AB177595AMD)
6. **09/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1775&version=20190AB177593CHP)
7. **AB1775** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1775)
8. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1775&version=20190AB177594ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **135** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **62** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1775 Jones-Sawyer et al. By Skinner — **300** (pass) · upper
- AB 1775 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **740** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 1775 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — **5519** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stone — principal coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2020-01-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (January 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 3910.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-17** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-07-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-31** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 4356.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-31** Ordered to the unfinished business file.
- **2020-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5489.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 327, Statutes of 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e478993-0550-481d-877c-1beec0ca18d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).