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type: "Bill"
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title: "Evidence: commercial sexual offenses."
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description: "Existing law provides that evidence of a person's character is inadmissible when offered to prove his or her conduct on a specified occasion. Existing law creates exceptions to that rule, including that in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a sexual offense, evidence of the defendant's commission of another sexual offense or offenses is not inadmissible under that rule, except as specified. Existing law defines the term \"sexual offense\" as conduct proscribed by various sections of the Penal Code as well as other types of conduct."
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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 230"
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citation: "California SB 230 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Evidence: commercial sexual offenses."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2017-02-02"
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last_action: "2017-10-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9415270e-e7d4-4d50-802a-24515401fd42"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB230"
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source_hash: "2c97bc43cb8fc94a7cb18b9f4f0d5932a8539d2110b5de375d878574a61c40a2"
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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 230 (20172018) — Evidence: commercial sexual offenses.
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Existing law provides that evidence of a person's character is inadmissible when offered to prove his or her conduct on a specified occasion. Existing law creates exceptions to that rule, including that in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a sexual offense, evidence of the defendant's commission of another sexual offense or offenses is not inadmissible under that rule, except as specified. Existing law defines the term "sexual offense" as conduct proscribed by various sections of the Penal Code as well as other types of conduct.
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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. **02/02/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB230&version=20170SB23099INT)
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2. **04/27/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB230&version=20170SB23098AMD)
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3. **08/31/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB230&version=20170SB23097AMD)
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4. **10/14/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB230&version=20170SB23095CHP)
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5. **SB230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB230)
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6. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB230&version=20170SB23096ENR)
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## Sponsors
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- Atkins — primary (person)
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- Anderson — coauthor (person)
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- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
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- Stone — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
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- **2017-02-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-09** Set for hearing April 4.
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- **2017-04-04** April 4 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2017-04-06** Set for hearing April 25.
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- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 855.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-04-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-04-27** Published April 27 at 9 p.m.
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- **2017-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 906.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-27** June 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-31** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2017-09-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2957.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2017-09-06** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2017-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2583.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2017-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 805, Statutes of 2017.
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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/9415270e-e7d4-4d50-802a-24515401fd42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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