(1) Existing law provides that no costs incurred by a qualified health care professional, hospital, or other emergency medical facility for the examination of the victim of a sexual assault for the purposes of gathering evidence for possible prosecution shall be charged directly or indirectly to the victim of the assault. Existing law provides that the law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the alleged sexual assault was committed which requests the examination has the option of determining whether or not the examination will be performed in the office of a physician and surgeon, and bills for those costs shall be submitted to that local jurisdiction and the local jurisdiction shall bear those costs.
California SB 534 (20112012) — Victims of sexual assault.
(1) Existing law provides that no costs incurred by a qualified health care professional, hospital, or other emergency medical facility for the examination of the victim of a sexual assault for the purposes of gathering evidence for possible prosecution shall be charged directly or indirectly to the victim of the assault. Existing law provides that the law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the alleged sexual assault was committed which requests the examination has the option of determining whether or not the examination will be performed in the office of a physician and surgeon, and bills for those costs shall be submitted to that local jurisdiction and the local jurisdiction shall bear those costs.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 534 Corbett Senate Third Reading By SKINNER — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB534 Corbett Concurrence — 35–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Corbett — primary (person)
Hancock — coauthor (person)
Liu — coauthor (person)
Price — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-03-17 Set for hearing March 29.
2011-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 495.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-01 Set for hearing April 11.
2011-04-06 Hearing postponed by committee.
2011-04-13 Set for hearing May 2.
2011-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-05-02 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2011-05-20 Set for hearing May 26.
2011-05-31 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1118.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1276.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-06-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-17 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2011-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2753.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2011-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2241.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
2011-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 360, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30c29103-1ce0-4637-b523-51efa44382a2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).