republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1619.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual assault: statutes of limitations on civil actions."
description: "Existing law provides that in a civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of domestic violence, the time for commencement of the action shall be the later of within 3 years from the date of the last act of domestic violence by the defendant against the plaintiff or within 3 years from the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered that an injury or illness resulted from an act of domestic violence by the defendant against the plaintiff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1619"
citation: "California AB 1619 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual assault: statutes of limitations on civil actions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/050caaed-3ae1-4be5-ad14-a03851c3cccf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1619"
source_hash: "37b7bd8810da43c9cde95d9a5f87db5e5b7bbc0d22fd7c10b8135f0b6dfd1190"
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 1619 (20172018) — Sexual assault: statutes of limitations on civil actions.

Existing law provides that in a civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of domestic violence, the time for commencement of the action shall be the later of within 3 years from the date of the last act of domestic violence by the defendant against the plaintiff or within 3 years from the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered that an injury or illness resulted from an act of domestic violence by the defendant against the plaintiff.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1619&version=20170AB161999INT)
2. **04/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1619&version=20170AB161998AMD)
3. **05/30/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1619&version=20170AB161997AMD)
4. **06/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1619&version=20170AB161996AMD)
5. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1619&version=20170AB161995AMD)
6. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1619&version=20170AB161993CHP)
7. **AB1619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1619)
8. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1619&version=20170AB161994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — **3–2** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1619 BERMAN Assembly Third Reading — **57–15** (pass) · lower
- [First] hearing set for [06-28-2017]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1619 Berman et al. By Leyva — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1619 BERMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Cooper — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-30** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)
- **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 2075.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Coms. on ED. and B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2017-07-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-12** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-06-12** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5594.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-28** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 28). `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6873.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 939, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/050caaed-3ae1-4be5-ad14-a03851c3cccf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).