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type: "Bill"
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title: "Statutes of limitations."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 1453"
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citation: "California SB 1453 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Statutes of limitations."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-02-16"
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last_action: "2018-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79587686-086b-4d62-af47-4bcd85c21bbb"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453"
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source_hash: "5698d3a526a0ccb3e5d2dc234f3e09d841e8d3ee7115cb5844caa4f41b7aeb0d"
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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 1453 (20172018) — Statutes of limitations.
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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.
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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. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145399INT)
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2. **04/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145398AMD)
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3. **05/08/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145397AMD)
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4. **07/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145396AMD)
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5. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145394CHP)
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6. **SB1453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453)
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7. **08/24/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1453&version=20170SB145395ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 1453 McGuire Senate Third Reading By WOOD — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **34–4** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB1453 McGuire Concurrence — **37–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- McGuire — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
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- **2018-03-08** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-10** Set for hearing May 1.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2018-05-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22.
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- **2018-05-22** May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2018-05-23** Set for hearing May 25.
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- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4311.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 4396.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-07-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6405.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2018-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 5605.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 796, Statutes of 2018.
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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/79587686-086b-4d62-af47-4bcd85c21bbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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