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type: "Bill"
title: "Rape kits: testing."
description: "Existing law declares that timely DNA analysis of rape kit evidence is a core public safety issue affecting men, women, and children in the State of California. Existing law finds and declares that law enforcement agencies should either submit sexual assault forensic evidence received on or after January 1, 2016, to a crime lab within 20 days after it is booked into evidence or to ensure that a rapid turnaround DNA program is in place, as specified. Existing law also finds and declares that a crime lab that receives sexual assault forensic evidence on or after January 1, 2016, should either process the evidence, create DNA profiles when able, and upload qualifying DNA profiles into the Combined DNA Index System, as specified, or transmit the sexual assault forensic evidence to another crime lab as soon as practically possible, but no later than 30 days after receiving the evidence, for processing of the evidence for the presence of DNA."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "California SB 22 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rape kits: testing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59d1b913-17ef-4b29-9cd7-ac81663cc2d2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB22"
source_hash: "5fc34f9c7835edf7f61a95611cd71bf970b42a1ea35b8db4c20d96ead91bc170"
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 22 (20192020) — Rape kits: testing.
Existing law declares that timely DNA analysis of rape kit evidence is a core public safety issue affecting men, women, and children in the State of California. Existing law finds and declares that law enforcement agencies should either submit sexual assault forensic evidence received on or after January 1, 2016, to a crime lab within 20 days after it is booked into evidence or to ensure that a rapid turnaround DNA program is in place, as specified. Existing law also finds and declares that a crime lab that receives sexual assault forensic evidence on or after January 1, 2016, should either process the evidence, create DNA profiles when able, and upload qualifying DNA profiles into the Combined DNA Index System, as specified, or transmit the sexual assault forensic evidence to another crime lab as soon as practically possible, but no later than 30 days after receiving the evidence, for processing of the evidence for the presence of DNA.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB22&version=20190SB2299INT)
2. **05/17/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB22&version=20190SB2298AMD)
3. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB22&version=20190SB2296CHP)
4. **SB22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB22)
5. **09/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB22&version=20190SB2297ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **180** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 22 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Chiu — **790** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB22 Leyva et al. — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Leyva — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — principal coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2019-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 439.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2019-04-08** April 8 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1087.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1194.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** June 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-08-30** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3261.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 588, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59d1b913-17ef-4b29-9cd7-ac81663cc2d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).