republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-15.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limitation of actions: human rights abuses."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 15"
citation: "California AB 15 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Limitation of actions: human rights abuses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-12-01"
last_action: "2015-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b239a7f-a74f-4de2-aa86-e635d8a7b189"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB15"
source_hash: "9657963ae370d6cf3dfd7893c7d3c49afab4f9f9ac90c6eb24a775e04a4f9887"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB15&version=20150AB1599INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB15&version=20150AB1598AMD)
3. **05/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB15&version=20150AB1597AMD)
4. **07/15/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB15&version=20150AB1596AMD)
5. **09/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB15&version=20150AB1595AMD)
6. **10/04/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB15&version=20150AB1593CHP)
7. **AB15** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB15)
8. **09/11/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB15&version=20150AB1594ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b239a7f-a74f-4de2-aa86-e635d8a7b189`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).