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Bill	Statutes of limitations.	Existing law provides that civil actions can only be commenced within prescribed periods, based on the nature of the action. Existing law prescribes a limitations period of one year for, among other things, an action upon a statute for a forfeiture or penalty to the people of the state. Under existing law, this one-year period is applicable to an action to petition a court to impose a civil penalty for an intentional, knowing, or negligent violation of the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (FPA) or any rules or regulations of the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1453	California SB 1453 (20172018)	bill	Statutes of limitations.	enacted	McGuire	7	24	7	2018-02-16	2018-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/79587686-086b-4d62-af47-4bcd85c21bbb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453	5698d3a526a0ccb3e5d2dc234f3e09d841e8d3ee7115cb5844caa4f41b7aeb0d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1453 (20172018) — Statutes of limitations.

Existing law provides that civil actions can only be commenced within prescribed periods, based on the nature of the action. Existing law prescribes a limitations period of one year for, among other things, an action upon a statute for a forfeiture or penalty to the people of the state. Under existing law, this one-year period is applicable to an action to petition a court to impose a civil penalty for an intentional, knowing, or negligent violation of the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (FPA) or any rules or regulations of the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/11/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/08/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/05/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/26/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1453 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/24/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1453 McGuire Senate Third Reading By WOOD — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 34–4 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1453 McGuire Concurrence — 37–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McGuire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2018-03-08 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-04-10 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2018-04-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 4915.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-05-14 Set for hearing May 22.
• 2018-05-22 May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-05-23 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4311.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 4396.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-07-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6405.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-21 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-22 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 5605.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 796, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79587686-086b-4d62-af47-4bcd85c21bbb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).