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type: "Bill"
title: "Wrongful concealment: statute of limitations."
description: "Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person who has knowledge of an accidental death to actively conceal or attempt to conceal that death. Existing law provides that the punishment for that offense is imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 610"
citation: "California SB 610 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wrongful concealment: statute of limitations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a62855e6-5dba-4d9a-befc-f660b314a896"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB610"
source_hash: "07b52eb0f6baaec18fce8d8ea323ea2967c12ce00fd7c2645b46eccbd7b8787f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 610 (20172018) — Wrongful concealment: statute of limitations.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person who has knowledge of an accidental death to actively conceal or attempt to conceal that death. Existing law provides that the punishment for that offense is imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB610&version=20170SB61099INT)
2. **06/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB610&version=20170SB61098AMD)
3. **06/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB610&version=20170SB61097AMD)
4. **07/17/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB610&version=20170SB61095CHP)
5. **SB610** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB610)
6. **07/05/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB610&version=20170SB61096ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nguyen — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Brough — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 748.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 802.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2404.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-07-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1838.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-07-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 74, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a62855e6-5dba-4d9a-befc-f660b314a896`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).