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California SB 258 (20252026) — Crimes: rape.

Existing law defines rape as an act of sexual intercourse accomplished under certain circumstances, including with a person not the spouse of the perpetrator where the person is incapable of giving legal consent because of a mental disorder or developmental or physical disability.

Version chain

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

1. 02/03/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB258 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/17/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB258 Wahab et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB258 Wahab et al. Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 258 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wahab — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Ahrens — coauthor (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)
• Ashby — coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Boerner — coauthor (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — author (person)
• Cortese — coauthor (person)
• Grayson — coauthor (person)
• Hurtado — coauthor (person)
• McNerney — coauthor (person)
• Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
• Pacheco — coauthor (person)
• Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Richardson — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — author (person)
• Stefani — coauthor (person)
• Weber Pierson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
• 2025-02-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-04-11 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 944.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2025-05-12 May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1193.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1391.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3279.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2967.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 599, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89f0dce1-ad0d-4fc9-96e7-c443e58e8a74. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).