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Bill	Disorderly conduct: distribution of intimate images: statute of limitations.	Under existing law, a person is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, if they intentionally distribute an image that was intended to remain private of the intimate body parts of another or of the person depicted engaged in a sex act, as specified. Existing law requires prosecution for this offense to be commenced within one year after commission of the offense.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 23	California SB 23 (20212022)	bill	Disorderly conduct: distribution of intimate images: statute of limitations.	enacted	Rubio	6	26	8	2020-12-07	2021-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/bcfeb892-3919-4c47-b3c5-a54aeb9bdbc1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB23	e104f8c04a8b1bf52e7fdc2d58eece5aa266d68ecabbe0beb6849b073ac8ecca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 23 (20212022) — Disorderly conduct: distribution of intimate images: statute of limitations.

Under existing law, a person is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, if they intentionally distribute an image that was intended to remain private of the intimate body parts of another or of the person depicted engaged in a sex act, as specified. Existing law requires prosecution for this offense to be commenced within one year after commission of the offense.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/07/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/04/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB23 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/07/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 23 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB23 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB23 Rubio et al. Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rubio — primary (person)
• Bauer-Kahan — principal coauthor (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Hurtado — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Leyva — coauthor (person)
• Wilk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-12-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 Set for hearing March 16.
• 2021-03-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 520.) (March 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 Set for hearing April 5.
• 2021-04-05 April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1179.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1340.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-07-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2698.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-03 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2383.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2021-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 483, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bcfeb892-3919-4c47-b3c5-a54aeb9bdbc1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).