Credibility of witnesses: sexual conduct: social media content.
Existing law sets forth the procedure required in any prosecution for rape or other specified offenses, with certain exceptions, if evidence of sexual conduct of the complaining witness, as defined, is offered to attack the credibility of the complaining witness. This procedure involves, among other things, the filing of a written motion by the defendant, accompanied by an affidavit filed under seal stating an offer of proof, and, if the court determines that the offer is sufficient, a hearing out of the presence of the jury regarding the offer of proof. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court may make an order stating what evidence may be introduced by the defendant.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 341
California AB 341 (20212022)
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Credibility of witnesses: sexual conduct: social media content.
California AB 341 (20212022) — Credibility of witnesses: sexual conduct: social media content.
Existing law sets forth the procedure required in any prosecution for rape or other specified offenses, with certain exceptions, if evidence of sexual conduct of the complaining witness, as defined, is offered to attack the credibility of the complaining witness. This procedure involves, among other things, the filing of a written motion by the defendant, accompanied by an affidavit filed under seal stating an offer of proof, and, if the court determines that the offer is sufficient, a hearing out of the presence of the jury regarding the offer of proof. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court may make an order stating what evidence may be introduced by the defendant.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB341 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
AB 341 Boerner Horvath Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Boerner Horvath — primary (person)
Bates — coauthor (person)
Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
Davies — coauthor (person)
Friedman — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Leyva — coauthor (person)
Limón — coauthor (person)
Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Villapudua — coauthor (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-01-28 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-01-29 From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
2021-02-12 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-03-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2021-03-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 932.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-06-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-06-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1543.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-17 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2021-06-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
2021-06-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-06-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 24, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac5fb0e4-81a3-4903-b1d3-6e2dd8d6ea42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).