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 prohibits certain of those actions from commencing on or after the plaintiff's 40th birthday unless the person or entity knew or had reason to know, or was otherwise on notice, of any misconduct that creates a risk of childhood sexual assault by an employee, volunteer, representative, or agent, or the person or entity failed to take reasonable steps or to implement reasonable safeguards to avoid acts of childhood sexual assault, as specified. Existing law revives claims that would otherwise have been barred as of January 1, 2020, because the applicable statute of limitations, claim presentation deadline, or any other time limit had expired and authorizes the claims to be commenced within specified time periods.
California AB 452 (20232024) — Childhood sexual assault: statute of limitations.
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 prohibits certain of those actions from commencing on or after the plaintiff's 40th birthday unless the person or entity knew or had reason to know, or was otherwise on notice, of any misconduct that creates a risk of childhood sexual assault by an employee, volunteer, representative, or agent, or the person or entity failed to take reasonable steps or to implement reasonable safeguards to avoid acts of childhood sexual assault, as specified. Existing law revives claims that would otherwise have been barred as of January 1, 2020, because the applicable statute of limitations, claim presentation deadline, or any other time limit had expired and authorizes the claims to be commenced within specified time periods.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
AB 452 Addis Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
AB 452 Addis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB452 Addis et al. By Skinner — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Addis — primary (person)
Blakespear — coauthor (person)
Boerner — coauthor (person)
Connolly — coauthor (person)
Dixon — coauthor (person)
Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
Jackson — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
Mathis — coauthor (person)
McKinnor — coauthor (person)
Min — coauthor (person)
Ortega — coauthor (person)
Papan — coauthor (person)
Pellerin — coauthor (person)
Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
Sanchez — coauthor (person)
Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
Wahab — coauthor (person)
Wicks — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-02-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-02-21 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-03-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-14 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-03-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-03-22 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2023-04-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1796.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2552.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.