republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2959.md

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Bill	Childhood sexual assault: claims.	Existing law requires that specified actions for recovery of damages suffered as a result of childhood sexual assault, as defined, be commenced within 22 years of the date the plaintiff attains the age of majority or within 5 years of the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered that psychological injury or illness occurring after the age of majority was caused by the sexual assault, whichever occurs later. Existing law, the Government Claims Act, generally requires the presentation to a public entity of a written claim for money or damages against the entity before the commencement of an action, as specified. The Government Claims Act excludes from this requirement a claim brought against a local public entity for the recovery of damages suffered as a result of childhood sexual assault.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2959	California AB 2959 (20212022)	bill	Childhood sexual assault: claims.	enacted	Committee on Judiciary	4	17	5	2022-03-08	2022-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/bbb435fc-a2da-44d9-8cf5-b2c44a036637	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2959	0f482e44ec55efe7e5c8f39d894e82769c043e298f9cb6df72488c469724468b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2959 (20212022) — Childhood sexual assault: claims.

Existing law requires that specified actions for recovery of damages suffered as a result of childhood sexual assault, as defined, be commenced within 22 years of the date the plaintiff attains the age of majority or within 5 years of the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered that psychological injury or illness occurring after the age of majority was caused by the sexual assault, whichever occurs later. Existing law, the Government Claims Act, generally requires the presentation to a public entity of a written claim for money or damages against the entity before the commencement of an action, as specified. The Government Claims Act excludes from this requirement a claim brought against a local public entity for the recovery of damages suffered as a result of childhood sexual assault.

Version chain

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

1. 03/08/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/19/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2959 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/24/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2959 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By STONE — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2959 JUD. (Stone) By Wieckowski — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-03-09 From printer. May be heard in committee April 8.
• 2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4655.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-05-25 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-06-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4940.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2022-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2022-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 444, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bbb435fc-a2da-44d9-8cf5-b2c44a036637. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).