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Bill	Sexual assault: medical evidentiary examinations and reporting.	Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish a protocol for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault and the collection and preservation of evidence therefrom. Existing law requires the office to adopt a standard and a complete form or forms for the recording of medical and physical evidence data disclosed by a victim of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 538	California AB 538 (20192020)	bill	Sexual assault: medical evidentiary examinations and reporting.	enacted	Berman	8	24	8	2019-02-13	2019-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/fcc634ac-2431-40f6-b803-fbd1eceda262	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB538	7f5c9eaf8c7527dad61517a0982dbe9f4e27928cf9e20ff6c7ad63b50dde8003	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 538 (20192020) — Sexual assault: medical evidentiary examinations and reporting.

Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish a protocol for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault and the collection and preservation of evidence therefrom. Existing law requires the office to adopt a standard and a complete form or forms for the recording of medical and physical evidence data disclosed by a victim of sexual assault or attempted sexual assault.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/13/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB538 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/17/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 538 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB538 Berman et al. By Hill — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 538 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Low — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1259.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-04-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-01 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2019-05-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-24 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2815.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2019-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3506.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 714, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fcc634ac-2431-40f6-b803-fbd1eceda262. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).