Existing law makes a member of the active militia who, when subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, commits a sexual assault crime, as defined, subject to prosecution by the office of the district attorney or other equivalent civilian prosecutorial authority with appropriate jurisdiction, and authorizes the Military Department or California National Guard to claim jurisdiction only if the district attorney, or other equivalent civilian prosecutorial authority, refuses to pursue a criminal prosecution of that member. Existing law requires a member of the active militia recommended for court-martial, as specified, for a sexual assault offense to be tried by general court-martial.
California SB 352 (20212022) — The military: sexual harassment.
Existing law makes a member of the active militia who, when subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, commits a sexual assault crime, as defined, subject to prosecution by the office of the district attorney or other equivalent civilian prosecutorial authority with appropriate jurisdiction, and authorizes the Military Department or California National Guard to claim jurisdiction only if the district attorney, or other equivalent civilian prosecutorial authority, refuses to pursue a criminal prosecution of that member. Existing law requires a member of the active militia recommended for court-martial, as specified, for a sexual assault offense to be tried by general court-martial.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 352 Eggman Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Eggman — primary (person)
Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
Newman — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2021-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
2021-02-17 Referred to Coms. on M. & V.A. and JUD. referral-committee
2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
2021-03-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 534.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-03-23 Set for hearing April 6.
2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 686.) (April 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-09 Set for hearing April 19.
2021-04-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 887.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-13 Referred to Coms. on M. & V.A. and JUD. referral-committee
2021-07-06 Coauthors revised.
2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-13 Coauthors revised.
2021-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2523.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-26 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2021-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2021-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 183, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8144a18c-197e-497b-82f6-ce1def56c2f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).