Existing law makes it a crime for certain persons, including an employee or officer of a public entity detention facility, or an employee, officer, or agent of a private person or entity that provides a detention facility or staff for a detention facility, or a person or agent of a public or private entity detention facility, to engage in sexual activity with a consenting adult who is confined in a detention facility. For purposes of those provisions, "detention facility" includes a vehicle used to transport a person during a person's period of confinement.
California AB 2078 (20112012) — Sexual activity with detained persons.
Existing law makes it a crime for certain persons, including an employee or officer of a public entity detention facility, or an employee, officer, or agent of a private person or entity that provides a detention facility or staff for a detention facility, or a person or agent of a public or private entity detention facility, to engage in sexual activity with a consenting adult who is confined in a detention facility. For purposes of those provisions, "detention facility" includes a vehicle used to transport a person during a person's period of confinement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2078 NIELSEN Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Nielsen — primary (person)
La Malfa — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2012-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2012-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-18 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-04-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4569.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2012-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-25 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2012-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-06-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2012-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4225.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-07-02 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2012-07-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:20 p.m.
2012-07-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-07-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 123, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/029ef1e6-ddf2-4d46-9068-d4e34bd88ed1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).