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Bill	Sexual assault: investigations.	Existing law establishes the "Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights" which prescribes requirements for law enforcement agencies and crime labs regarding the processing of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases and requires certain notifications to be made to the victim.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 3118	California AB 3118 (20172018)	bill	Sexual assault: investigations.	enacted	Chiu	7	24	8	2018-02-16	2018-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/86215b57-14ea-4f0c-86ce-d7013fed3cbb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3118	6a48216cd362e317be8f63d18b571a482fd0002f2b87c358180c0420d3c43f57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3118 (20172018) — Sexual assault: investigations.

Existing law establishes the "Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights" which prescribes requirements for law enforcement agencies and crime labs regarding the processing of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases and requires certain notifications to be made to the victim.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/25/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/05/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB3118 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB3118 Chiu et al. By Leyva — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3118 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 3118 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chiu — primary (person)
• Gonzalez Fletcher — author (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Leyva — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Rodriguez — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2018-03-12 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-04-10 Coauthors revised.
• 2018-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5549.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. 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
• 2018-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5642.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6662.). 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 950, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86215b57-14ea-4f0c-86ce-d7013fed3cbb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).