BILL NUMBER: AB 2156	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wagner

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 1200 of the Evidence Code, relating to
evidence.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2156, as introduced, Wagner. Evidence: admissibility of
statements: hearsay rule.
   Existing law, known as the hearsay rule, provides that, at a
hearing, evidence of a statement that was made other than by a
witness while testifying at the hearing and that is offered to prove
the truth of the matter stated is inadmissible. Existing law also
provides exceptions to the hearsay rule to permit the admission of
specified kinds of evidence.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1200 of the Evidence Code is amended to read:
   1200.  (a) "Hearsay evidence" is evidence of a statement that was
made other than by a witness while testifying at the hearing and that
is offered to prove the truth of the matter stated.
   (b) Except as provided by law, hearsay evidence is inadmissible.
   (c) This section shall be known  ,  and may be cited 
,  as the hearsay rule.