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type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual battery: consent defense: minor's sexual conduct."
description: "Existing civil law makes a person who commits a sexual battery, as defined, upon another liable to that person for damages and authorizes a court to award equitable relief, as specified. Existing civil law provides that he or she who consents to an act is not wronged by it."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "California SB 14 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual battery: consent defense: minor's sexual conduct."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-12-01"
last_action: "2015-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aacd2eb-42d1-4e35-b098-ce7d57749099"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB14"
source_hash: "5a051f329dcb0e382f373ab66860513cf439ebbce99ebb6ba89f517790367537"
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 SB 14 (20152016) — Sexual battery: consent defense: minor's sexual conduct.
Existing civil law makes a person who commits a sexual battery, as defined, upon another liable to that person for damages and authorizes a court to award equitable relief, as specified. Existing civil law provides that he or she who consents to an act is not wronged by it.
## 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=201520160SB14&version=20150SB1499INT)
2. **03/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB14&version=20150SB1498AMD)
3. **04/14/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB14&version=20150SB1497AMD)
4. **07/16/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB14&version=20150SB1495CHP)
5. **SB14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB14)
6. **07/07/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB14&version=20150SB1496ENR)
## Votes
- SB 14 Lara Senate Third Reading By STONE — **780** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **100** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lara — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Cooper — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Lopez — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Steinorth — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-12-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2014-12-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
- **2015-01-15** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-25** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2015-04-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 525.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 632.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2257.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-07-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 128, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aacd2eb-42d1-4e35-b098-ce7d57749099`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).