Sex offender registration: unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.
Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act (act) , requires a person convicted of specified crimes to register with law enforcement as a sex offender while residing in California or while attending school or working in California, as specified. Existing law establishes 3 tiers of registration based on specified criteria, for periods of at least 10 years, at least 20 years, and life, respectively, for a conviction of specified sex offenses. Existing law exempts from mandatory registration under the act a person convicted of certain offenses involving minors if the person is not more than 10 years older than the minor and if that offense is the only one requiring the person to register. A willful failure to register, as required by the act, is a misdemeanor or felony, depending on the underlying offense.
California SB 680 (20252026) — Sex offender registration: unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.
Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act (act) , requires a person convicted of specified crimes to register with law enforcement as a sex offender while residing in California or while attending school or working in California, as specified. Existing law establishes 3 tiers of registration based on specified criteria, for periods of at least 10 years, at least 20 years, and life, respectively, for a conviction of specified sex offenses. Existing law exempts from mandatory registration under the act a person convicted of certain offenses involving minors if the person is not more than 10 years older than the minor and if that offense is the only one requiring the person to register. A willful failure to register, as required by the act, is a misdemeanor or felony, depending on the underlying offense.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 680 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Krell — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Rubio — primary (person)
Alanis — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2025-03-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2025-03-27 Set for hearing April 8.
2025-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 709.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-10 Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21 April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1209.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 1515.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-16 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
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 Coauthors revised.
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2908.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 780, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ab54038-32a6-408e-8c3b-27e0020e2823. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).