---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bribery: statute of limitations: tolling."
description: "Existing law establishes limitations on the time for commencing criminal actions, with certain exceptions. Under existing law the limitation of time prescribed for certain specified crimes, including the acceptance of a bribe by a public official or public employee, does not commence to run until the discovery of the offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 950"
citation: "California SB 950 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bribery: statute of limitations: tolling."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-06"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77bfc2b0-8b77-4b4a-84b5-6b489b6c2738"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB950"
source_hash: "f054eb4a9ffee10e3c7928e3ff73d9cb80c7c4a0998c5438f4a900bd5a74cd53"
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 950 (20132014) — Bribery: statute of limitations: tolling.

Existing law establishes limitations on the time for commencing criminal actions, with certain exceptions. Under existing law the limitation of time prescribed for certain specified crimes, including the acceptance of a bribe by a public official or public employee, does not commence to run until the discovery of the offense.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB950&version=20130SB95099INT)
2. **03/20/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB950&version=20130SB95098AMD)
3. **06/11/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB950&version=20130SB95097AMD)
4. **08/15/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB950&version=20130SB95095CHP)
5. **SB950** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB950)
6. **08/05/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB950&version=20130SB95096ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 950 Torres Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB950 Torres Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Torres — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-14** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2014-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3019.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2014-04-28** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3705.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-05-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3695.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5815.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4296.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-08-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 191, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77bfc2b0-8b77-4b4a-84b5-6b489b6c2738`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).