--- type: "Bill" title: "Statutes of limitations." description: "Existing law provides that civil actions can only be commenced within prescribed periods, based on the nature of the action. Existing law prescribes a limitations period of one year for, among other things, an action upon a statute for a forfeiture or penalty to the people of the state. Under existing law, this one-year period is applicable to an action to petition a court to impose a civil penalty for an intentional, knowing, or negligent violation of the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (FPA) or any rules or regulations of the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 1453" citation: "California SB 1453 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Statutes of limitations."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"] version_count: 7 action_count: 24 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2018-02-16" last_action: "2018-09-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79587686-086b-4d62-af47-4bcd85c21bbb" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453" source_hash: "5698d3a526a0ccb3e5d2dc234f3e09d841e8d3ee7115cb5844caa4f41b7aeb0d" 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 1453 (20172018) — Statutes of limitations. Existing law provides that civil actions can only be commenced within prescribed periods, based on the nature of the action. Existing law prescribes a limitations period of one year for, among other things, an action upon a statute for a forfeiture or penalty to the people of the state. Under existing law, this one-year period is applicable to an action to petition a court to impose a civil penalty for an intentional, knowing, or negligent violation of the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (FPA) or any rules or regulations of the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145399INT) 2. **04/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145398AMD) 3. **05/08/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145397AMD) 4. **07/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145396AMD) 5. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145394CHP) 6. **SB1453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453) 7. **08/24/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145395ENR) ## Votes - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1453 McGuire Senate Third Reading By WOOD — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **34–4** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB1453 McGuire Concurrence — **37–2** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - McGuire — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22. - **2018-03-08** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-10** Set for hearing May 1. - **2018-04-11** 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` - **2018-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 4915.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2018-05-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22. - **2018-05-22** May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2018-05-23** Set for hearing May 25. - **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4311.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 4396.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2018-06-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2018-07-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2018-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6405.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2018-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 5605.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 796, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79587686-086b-4d62-af47-4bcd85c21bbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).