Sexual assault by law enforcement officers: actions against public entities: statute of limitations.
Existing law sets the time for commencement of any civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of sexual assault, as defined, as the later within 10 years from the date of the last act attempted act, or assault with intent to commit an act of sexual assault by the defendant against the plaintiff or within 3 years from the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered that an injury or illness resulted from the sexual assault.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 1455
California AB 1455 (20212022)
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Sexual assault by law enforcement officers: actions against public entities: statute of limitations.
California AB 1455 (20212022) — Sexual assault by law enforcement officers: actions against public entities: statute of limitations.
Existing law sets the time for commencement of any civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of sexual assault, as defined, as the later within 10 years from the date of the last act attempted act, or assault with intent to commit an act of sexual assault by the defendant against the plaintiff or within 3 years from the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered that an injury or illness resulted from the sexual assault.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
2021-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2021-03-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2021-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2021-04-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 6). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2021-04-07 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2021-04-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1694.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2021-06-24 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2021-06-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1718.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2021-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-07-15 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 2337.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2021-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 2837.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2021-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 595, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5926b249-00e0-40f0-a9a9-2bc4a9fffb92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).