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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sex offenses: statute of limitations."
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description: "Existing law generally requires that the prosecution of a felony sex offense be commenced within 10 years after the commission of the offense. Under existing law, prosecution for the crimes of rape, sodomy, lewd or lascivious acts, continuous sexual abuse of a child, oral copulation, and sexual penetration, if committed against a victim who was under 18 years of age, may be commenced at any time prior to the victim's 40th birthday. Existing law allows prosecution of an offense punishable by death or by imprisonment for life or for life without the possibility of parole, or for the embezzlement of public money, to be commenced at any time."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 813"
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citation: "California SB 813 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Sex offenses: statute of limitations."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2016-01-04"
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last_action: "2016-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdbf53a8-184d-46d7-90c9-c58163c95351"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB813"
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source_hash: "a7941d2b2ed504d518a296f7599a049ebfaefa4d16ed00694e86067fad9d7f2c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 813 (20152016) — Sex offenses: statute of limitations.
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Existing law generally requires that the prosecution of a felony sex offense be commenced within 10 years after the commission of the offense. Under existing law, prosecution for the crimes of rape, sodomy, lewd or lascivious acts, continuous sexual abuse of a child, oral copulation, and sexual penetration, if committed against a victim who was under 18 years of age, may be commenced at any time prior to the victim's 40th birthday. Existing law allows prosecution of an offense punishable by death or by imprisonment for life or for life without the possibility of parole, or for the embezzlement of public money, to be commenced at any time.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/04/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB813&version=20150SB81399INT)
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2. **03/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB813&version=20150SB81398AMD)
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3. **08/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB813&version=20150SB81397AMD)
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4. **09/28/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB813&version=20150SB81395CHP)
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5. **SB813** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB813)
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6. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB813&version=20150SB81396ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business (Supplemental File 2) SB813 Leyva Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 813 Leyva Senate Third Reading By GIPSON — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Leyva — primary (person)
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- Anderson — coauthor (person)
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- Beall — coauthor (person)
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- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
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- Block — coauthor (person)
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- Burke — principal coauthor (person)
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- Cannella — coauthor (person)
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- Chávez — coauthor (person)
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- Fuller — coauthor (person)
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- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
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- Lackey — coauthor (person)
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- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
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- Moorlach — coauthor (person)
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- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
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- Pavley — principal coauthor (person)
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- Roth — coauthor (person)
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- Williams — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2016-01-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 4.
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- **2016-01-28** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-15** Set for hearing April 12.
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- **2016-03-31** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3521.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25.
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- **2016-04-25** April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
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- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3997.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4076.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-11** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5878.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2016-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5526.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
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- **2016-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 777, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdbf53a8-184d-46d7-90c9-c58163c95351`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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