---
type: "Bill"
title: "Presentation of claims: local public entities: childhood sexual abuse."
description: "The Government Claims Act sets forth the general procedure for the presentation of claims as a prerequisite to commencement of actions for money or damages against local public entities, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1053"
citation: "California SB 1053 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Presentation of claims: local public entities: childhood sexual abuse."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75f1b116-dd41-4467-8505-bcefc1b35b97"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1053"
source_hash: "c8ed134e006dfa7e180ad0f2d06c1fc12f68626aa95ad0c80b1646b6aa89e429"
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 1053 (20172018) — Presentation of claims: local public entities: childhood sexual abuse.

The Government Claims Act sets forth the general procedure for the presentation of claims as a prerequisite to commencement of actions for money or damages against local public entities, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1053&version=20170SB105399INT)
2. **04/12/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1053&version=20170SB105398AMD)
3. **05/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1053&version=20170SB105397AMD)
4. **07/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1053&version=20170SB105395CHP)
5. **SB1053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1053)
6. **07/09/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1053&version=20170SB105396ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1053 Beall Senate Third Reading By REYES — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1053 Beall et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1053 Beall et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Baker — coauthor (person)
- Cunningham — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4625.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-13** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2018-04-18** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-04-18** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4762.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-12** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5966.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-07-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5027.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 153, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75f1b116-dd41-4467-8505-bcefc1b35b97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).