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Authors Kalra  
Coauthors: Bonta   Bryan   Elhawary   Lee   Sharp-Collins   Cortese  
Subject Criminal procedure: interrogations.
Relating To relating to criminal procedure.
Title An act to add Chapter 17.43 (commencing with Section 7287) to Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to criminal procedure.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-13
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2025-10-13     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 697, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-24     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-13     Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-13     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 42. Noes 22. Page 3464.).
2025-09-12     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 2995.).
2025-09-12     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05     Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-20     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-19     From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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.
2025-06-18     Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-06-05     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-04     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 22. Page 2081.)
2025-05-08     Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-10     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-09     Coauthors revised.
2025-04-09     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 9).
2025-03-28     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-27     Read second time and amended.
2025-03-26     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 25).
2025-02-24     Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-02-13     From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2025-02-12     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-13
Enrolled     2025-09-16
Amended Senate     2025-09-05
Amended Assembly     2025-05-08
Amended Assembly     2025-03-27
Introduced     2025-02-12
Analyses TBD
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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.