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Bill	Actions for damages: felony offenses: victim notification.	Existing law provides for the time of commencing civil actions other than for the recovery of real property, as specified. Under existing law, unless a longer period is prescribed for a specific action, an action for damages against a defendant based upon the defendant's commission of a felony offense for which the defendant has been convicted is required to be brought within one year after the judgment has been pronounced. Under existing law, a civil action cannot be commenced pursuant to these provisions if a defendant has received a certificate of rehabilitation or a pardon, among other circumstances.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 538	California AB 538 (20152016)	bill	Actions for damages: felony offenses: victim notification.	enacted	Campos	8	33	7	2015-02-23	2015-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/c7173c56-d789-41bb-805b-3b5e014b1917	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB538	a7e224f283935b6b4cb530cd40f2a5b8b32c0035ece862cdcff22d31590a6380	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 538 (20152016) — Actions for damages: felony offenses: victim notification.

Existing law provides for the time of commencing civil actions other than for the recovery of real property, as specified. Under existing law, unless a longer period is prescribed for a specific action, an action for damages against a defendant based upon the defendant's commission of a felony offense for which the defendant has been convicted is required to be brought within one year after the judgment has been pronounced. Under existing law, a civil action cannot be commenced pursuant to these provisions if a defendant has received a certificate of rehabilitation or a pardon, among other circumstances.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/05/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/13/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/20/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/03/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB538 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 538 CAMPOS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB538 Campos By Moorlach — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 538 CAMPOS Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Campos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-04-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-04-15 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-05-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-05-05 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
• 2015-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-05-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 From Consent Calendar.
• 2015-05-26 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1636.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2298.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-01 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)
• 2015-09-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2735.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 465, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c7173c56-d789-41bb-805b-3b5e014b1917. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).