republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1475.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual assault response team."
description: "Existing law authorizes any county to establish and implement a sexual assault felony enforcement (SAFE) team program for the purpose of reducing violent sexual assault offenses in the county through proactive surveillance and arrest of habitual sexual offenders and strict enforcement of registration for sex offenders, and to provide community education about ways to protect individuals and families from sexual assault."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1475"
citation: "California AB 1475 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual assault response team."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c3fcf87-7029-4c1d-8678-f6b5ef6c9b06"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1475"
source_hash: "b8977aceb7bacb1e9ad42c3cafe4536c35ce5e251c9ef4578da060a383233eee"
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 1475 (20152016) — Sexual assault response team.

Existing law authorizes any county to establish and implement a sexual assault felony enforcement (SAFE) team program for the purpose of reducing violent sexual assault offenses in the county through proactive surveillance and arrest of habitual sexual offenders and strict enforcement of registration for sex offenders, and to provide community education about ways to protect individuals and families from sexual assault.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1475&version=20150AB147599INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1475&version=20150AB147598AMD)
3. **06/22/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1475&version=20150AB147597AMD)
4. **07/07/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1475&version=20150AB147596AMD)
5. **08/13/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1475&version=20150AB147594CHP)
6. **AB1475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1475)
7. **07/21/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1475&version=20150AB147595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1475 COOPER Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1475 COOPER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- [06-16-2015] set for [First] hearing: Held in Committee. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1475 Cooper By Mitchell — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** 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, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1226.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1904.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2420.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 210, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c3fcf87-7029-4c1d-8678-f6b5ef6c9b06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).