---
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).