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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes: rape."
+description: "Existing law defines rape as an act of sexual intercourse accomplished under certain circumstances, including with a person not the spouse of the perpetrator where the person is incapable of giving legal consent because of a mental disorder or developmental or physical disability."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20252026"
+identifier: "SB 258"
+citation: "California SB 258 (20252026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes", "rape"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wahab"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-10-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89f0dce1-ad0d-4fc9-96e7-c443e58e8a74"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB258"
+source_hash: "5da4e5dc3b9e7b56b9811e39da27bf69cf660f73adad01df27687f1cd120b74f"
+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 SB 258 (20252026) — Crimes: rape.
+
+Existing law defines rape as an act of sexual intercourse accomplished under certain circumstances, including with a person not the spouse of the perpetrator where the person is incapable of giving legal consent because of a mental disorder or developmental or physical disability.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/03/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB258&version=20250SB25899INT)
+2. **05/01/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB258&version=20250SB25898AMD)
+3. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB258&version=20250SB25897AMD)
+4. **10/11/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB258&version=20250SB25895CHP)
+5. **SB258** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB258)
+6. **09/17/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB258&version=20250SB25896ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading SB258 Wahab et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB258 Wahab et al. Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 258 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wahab — primary (person)
+- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
+- Ahrens — coauthor (person)
+- Alanis — coauthor (person)
+- Ashby — coauthor (person)
+- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
+- Boerner — coauthor (person)
+- Caballero — coauthor (person)
+- Cervantes — author (person)
+- Cortese — coauthor (person)
+- Grayson — coauthor (person)
+- Hurtado — coauthor (person)
+- McNerney — coauthor (person)
+- Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
+- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
+- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
+- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
+- Richardson — coauthor (person)
+- Rubio — author (person)
+- Stefani — coauthor (person)
+- Weber Pierson — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
+- **2025-02-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-11** Set for hearing April 29.
+- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 944.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
+- **2025-05-12** May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
+- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1193.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1391.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-16** Coauthors revised.
+- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3279.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2025-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2967.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2025-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 599, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89f0dce1-ad0d-4fc9-96e7-c443e58e8a74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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