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Bill	Limitation of actions: human rights abuses.	Existing law requires a civil action brought by a victim of human trafficking, as defined, to be commenced within 5 years of the date on which the trafficking victim was freed from the trafficking situation or, if the victim was a minor when the act of human trafficking against the victim occurred, within 8 years after the date the plaintiff attains the age of majority.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 15	California AB 15 (20152016)	bill	Limitation of actions: human rights abuses.	enacted	Holden	8	25	9	2014-12-01	2015-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/8b239a7f-a74f-4de2-aa86-e635d8a7b189	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB15	9657963ae370d6cf3dfd7893c7d3c49afab4f9f9ac90c6eb24a775e04a4f9887	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 15 (20152016) — Limitation of actions: human rights abuses.

Existing law requires a civil action brought by a victim of human trafficking, as defined, to be commenced within 5 years of the date on which the trafficking victim was freed from the trafficking situation or, if the victim was a minor when the act of human trafficking against the victim occurred, within 8 years after the date the plaintiff attains the age of majority.

Version chain

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

1. 12/01/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/04/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB15 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB15 Holden By Jackson — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• [07-07-2015] set for [First] hearing: Held in Committee. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 15 HOLDEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 15 HOLDEN Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-12-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-12-02 From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-05-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 5). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1435.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-07-07 In committee: Set first hearing. Held in committee. Reconsideration of a favorable vote granted.
• 2015-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 7). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2581.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-09 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2990.)
• 2015-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3008.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2015-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 474, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b239a7f-a74f-4de2-aa86-e635d8a7b189. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).