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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal procedure: interrogations."
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description: "Existing law prohibits the prosecuting attorney, attorney for the defendant, or investigator for either the prosecution or the defendant from interviewing, questioning, or speaking to a victim or witness whose name has been disclosed pursuant to existing law without first clearly identifying themselves and identifying the full name of the agency by whom they are employed, and identifying whether they represent, or have been retained by, the prosecution or the defendant. Under existing law, if an interview takes place in person, the party is also required to show the victim or witness a business card, official badge, or other form of official identification before commencing the interview or questioning."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 572"
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citation: "California AB 572 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminalprocedure", "interrogations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2025-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f52663a-52bb-494d-b11a-c071c30fc1e0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB572"
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source_hash: "816ac75bfea51d71745e9e40fd47e3ce610b1604f0977a5b414429c75f3d54b6"
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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 572 (20252026) — Criminal procedure: interrogations.
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Existing law prohibits the prosecuting attorney, attorney for the defendant, or investigator for either the prosecution or the defendant from interviewing, questioning, or speaking to a victim or witness whose name has been disclosed pursuant to existing law without first clearly identifying themselves and identifying the full name of the agency by whom they are employed, and identifying whether they represent, or have been retained by, the prosecution or the defendant. Under existing law, if an interview takes place in person, the party is also required to show the victim or witness a business card, official badge, or other form of official identification before commencing the interview or questioning.
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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. **02/12/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB572&version=20250AB57299INT)
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2. **03/27/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB572&version=20250AB57298AMD)
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3. **05/08/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB572&version=20250AB57297AMD)
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4. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB572&version=20250AB57296AMD)
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5. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB572&version=20250AB57294CHP)
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6. **AB572** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB572)
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7. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB572&version=20250AB57295ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB572 Kalra et al. By Cortese — **22–10** (pass) · upper
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- AB 572 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **44–22** (pass) · lower
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- AB 572 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **42–22** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **10–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kalra — primary (person)
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- Bonta — coauthor (person)
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- Bryan — coauthor (person)
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- Cortese — coauthor (person)
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- Elhawary — coauthor (person)
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- Lee — coauthor (person)
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- Sharp-Collins — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2025-02-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 22. Page 2081.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 2995.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-13** Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
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- **2025-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 42. Noes 22. Page 3464.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 697, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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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/1f52663a-52bb-494d-b11a-c071c30fc1e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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