Child abuse: sexual assault: mandated reporters: statute of limitations.
Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, makes certain persons, including teachers and social workers, mandated reporters. Under existing law, mandated reporters are required to report whenever the mandated reporter, in his or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment, has knowledge of or observes a child whom the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. Failure by a mandated reporter to report an incident of known or reasonably suspected child abuse or neglect is a misdemeanor. Existing law generally requires prosecution of a misdemeanor to commence within one year after commission of the offense. Under existing law, if the mandated reporter intentionally conceals his or her failure to report an incident known by the mandated reporter to be abuse or severe neglect, it is a continuing offense until discovered by the appropriate law enforcement agency.
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AB 2302
California AB 2302 (20172018)
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Child abuse: sexual assault: mandated reporters: statute of limitations.
California AB 2302 (20172018) — Child abuse: sexual assault: mandated reporters: statute of limitations.
Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, makes certain persons, including teachers and social workers, mandated reporters. Under existing law, mandated reporters are required to report whenever the mandated reporter, in his or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment, has knowledge of or observes a child whom the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. Failure by a mandated reporter to report an incident of known or reasonably suspected child abuse or neglect is a misdemeanor. Existing law generally requires prosecution of a misdemeanor to commence within one year after commission of the offense. Under existing law, if the mandated reporter intentionally conceals his or her failure to report an incident known by the mandated reporter to be abuse or severe neglect, it is a continuing offense until discovered by the appropriate law enforcement agency.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2302 BAKER Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2302 BAKER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2302 Baker et al. By Galgiani — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Baker — primary (person)
Acosta — coauthor (person)
Cooper — coauthor (person)
Mathis — coauthor (person)
Nguyen — coauthor (person)
Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2018-03-15 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-04-10 Coauthors revised.
2018-04-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4783.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-07-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-01 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2018-08-09 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-13 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5513.). 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.
2018-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6621.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 943, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fba5e3df-dbee-40de-98e0-e8f7492115c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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