---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rape victims: local rape victim counseling centers: notice."
description: "Existing law requires a law enforcement officer assigned to a sexual assault case, or his or her agency, to immediately notify the local rape victim counseling center, whenever a victim of an alleged rape or an alleged violation of other specified sex crimes is transported to a hospital for any medical evidentiary or physical examination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 978"
citation: "California SB 978 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rape victims: local rape victim counseling centers: notice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-11"
last_action: "2014-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/955cb3e7-5a24-408b-8214-469575f3ce59"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB978"
source_hash: "5243ae316120ac891cbeb52d317b7e08a12b5628b58b68417c95519cc214c68e"
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 978 (20132014) — Rape victims: local rape victim counseling centers: notice.

Existing law requires a law enforcement officer assigned to a sexual assault case, or his or her agency, to immediately notify the local rape victim counseling center, whenever a victim of an alleged rape or an alleged violation of other specified sex crimes is transported to a hospital for any medical evidentiary or physical examination.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB978&version=20130SB97899INT)
2. **07/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB978&version=20130SB97897CHP)
3. **SB978** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB978)
4. **07/07/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB978&version=20130SB97898ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 978 DeSaulnier Senate Third Reading By SKINNER — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3217.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3321.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5809.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2014-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 136, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/955cb3e7-5a24-408b-8214-469575f3ce59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).