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type: "Bill"
title: "Sex crimes: rape."
description: "Existing law defines rape and spousal rape as an act of sexual intercourse accomplished under specified circumstances indicating a lack of consent, force, or duress, as specified. Existing law additionally makes various acts, including sodomy and oral copulation without consent or sexual intercourse with a minor, unlawful as sexual assault."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 701"
citation: "California AB 701 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sex crimes: rape."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Garcia"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2016-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/168c5fc2-d2f5-4d4a-acf6-d4bd05bc950c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB701"
source_hash: "8449a7bc0af0fec25388526d0e67a78964c982a3a9fed00d2b92d52a1e766233"
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 701 (20152016) — Sex crimes: rape.
Existing law defines rape and spousal rape as an act of sexual intercourse accomplished under specified circumstances indicating a lack of consent, force, or duress, as specified. Existing law additionally makes various acts, including sodomy and oral copulation without consent or sexual intercourse with a minor, unlawful as sexual assault.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB701&version=20150AB70199INT)
2. **06/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB701&version=20150AB70196AMD)
3. **06/22/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB701&version=20150AB70195AMD)
4. **07/07/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB701&version=20150AB70198AMD)
5. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB701&version=20150AB70194AMD)
6. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB701&version=20150AB70197AMD)
7. **09/30/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB701&version=20150AB70192CHP)
8. **AB701** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB701)
9. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB701&version=20150AB70193ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **210** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **60** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 701 GARCIA, C. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **800** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB701 Cristina Garcia By Lara — **370** (pass) · upper
- AB 701 GARCIA, C. Assembly Third Reading — **761** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Bonilla — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — author (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Gomez — coauthor (person)
- Grove — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Lopez — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 1329.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-21** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-09-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4877.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-15** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-23** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6219.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 848, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/168c5fc2-d2f5-4d4a-acf6-d4bd05bc950c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).