---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions: statutes of limitation: theft."
description: "Existing law provides that a civil action, in the case of a theft, shall be commenced within 3 years. Existing law provides that in the case of a theft of any article of historical, interpretive, scientific, cultural, or artistic significance, a cause of action is not deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the whereabouts of the article by the aggrieved party, his or her agent, or a law enforcement agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2765"
citation: "California AB 2765 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil actions: statutes of limitation: theft."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-25"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9424c75e-496d-45d3-b639-77195d83fa37"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2765"
source_hash: "9f33b0a6438a9bc4ceb791ee020172fde612d6a5d3406cd2e4db464a5c1e9242"
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 2765 (20092010) — Civil actions: statutes of limitation: theft.

Existing law provides that a civil action, in the case of a theft, shall be commenced within 3 years. Existing law provides that in the case of a theft of any article of historical, interpretive, scientific, cultural, or artistic significance, a cause of action is not deemed to have accrued until the discovery of the whereabouts of the article by the aggrieved party, his or her agent, or a law enforcement agency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2765&version=20090AB276599INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2765&version=20090AB276598AMD)
3. **04/22/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2765&version=20090AB276597AMD)
4. **06/29/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2765&version=20090AB276596AMD)
5. **08/18/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2765&version=20090AB276595AMD)
6. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2765&version=20090AB276593CHP)
7. **AB2765** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2765)
8. **09/10/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2765&version=20090AB276594ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2765 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By FEUER — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2765 Committee on JUD. (Feuer) By Leno — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2765 Judiciary Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FEUER — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2010-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2010-03-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5042.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4866.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6855.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 691, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9424c75e-496d-45d3-b639-77195d83fa37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).