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Bill	Sexual assault: 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 of within 10 years from the date of the last act, attempted act, or assault with the intent to commit an act of sexual assault 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 those acts. Under existing law, this provision applies to any action that is commenced on or after January 1, 2019.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2777	California AB 2777 (20212022)	bill	Sexual assault: statute of limitations.	enacted	Wicks	8	24	7	2022-02-18	2022-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/096c9bc0-61b8-4f35-9aa8-f77b61122957	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2777	69b1ee89cfdaaedeb9b2b2d32068d8d51dbcbccb424160fa3a14ac2c9de2fc39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2777 (20212022) — Sexual assault: 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 of within 10 years from the date of the last act, attempted act, or assault with the intent to commit an act of sexual assault 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 those acts. Under existing law, this provision applies to any action that is commenced on or after January 1, 2019.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/04/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/16/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/19/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2777 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/29/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2777 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2777 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2777 Wicks By Limón — 35–4 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wicks — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 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
• 2022-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-05-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 3). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-05-04 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 0. Page 5024.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-27 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 5127.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 442, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/096c9bc0-61b8-4f35-9aa8-f77b61122957. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).