Existing law generally requires that the prosecution of a felony sex offense be commenced within 10 years after the commission of the offense. Existing law requires specified sex offenses that are committed when the victim is under 18 years of age and under certain circumstances, such as rape of a person with a mental disorder or disability or sodomy with force or fear, to be commenced by the victim's 40th birthday.
California AB 2295 (20232024) — Crimes: commencement of prosecution.
Existing law generally requires that the prosecution of a felony sex offense be commenced within 10 years after the commission of the offense. Existing law requires specified sex offenses that are committed when the victim is under 18 years of age and under certain circumstances, such as rape of a person with a mental disorder or disability or sodomy with force or fear, to be commenced by the victim's 40th birthday.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2295 Addis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2295 Addis Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2295 Addis et al. By Min — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Addis — primary (person)
Alanis — coauthor (person)
Gipson — coauthor (person)
Lackey — author (person)
Min — coauthor (person)
Ortega — coauthor (person)
Pellerin — coauthor (person)
Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
Sanchez — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2024-04-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-04-25 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2024-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2024-05-16 Coauthors revised.
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5437.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
2024-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-24 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2024-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2024-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
2024-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 825, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/870f3ce4-21b4-44a5-ad4f-a06afd2dead1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).