---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime, known as unlawful sexual intercourse, to commit an act of sexual intercourse with a person who is not the spouse of the perpetrator, if the person is a minor. Under existing law, if a person 21 years of age or older engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is under 16 years of age they are guilty of either a misdemeanor or a felony, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1371"
citation: "California AB 1371 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdfef3f1-2606-4aea-a7ee-2ab13bf0da6b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1371"
source_hash: "c6085d3f11ec3568dd3acf14a9d593018f658c1bb9e12df21f0fd71f37c3eb60"
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 AB 1371 (20232024) — Unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

Existing law makes it a crime, known as unlawful sexual intercourse, to commit an act of sexual intercourse with a person who is not the spouse of the perpetrator, if the person is a minor. Under existing law, if a person 21 years of age or older engages in an act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor who is under 16 years of age they are guilty of either a misdemeanor or a felony, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1371&version=20230AB137199INT)
2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1371&version=20230AB137198AMD)
3. **04/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1371&version=20230AB137197AMD)
4. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1371&version=20230AB137195CHP)
5. **AB1371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1371)
6. **09/07/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1371&version=20230AB137196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1371 Low Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1371 Low By Grove — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1370.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-06-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-06-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2351.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 838, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdfef3f1-2606-4aea-a7ee-2ab13bf0da6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).