Existing law, the Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights, requires law enforcement agencies, for sexual assault forensic evidence received on or after January 1, 2016, to either submit the evidence to a crime lab within 20 days after it is booked into evidence or ensure that a rapid turnaround deoxyribonucleic acid program is in place, as specified. However, existing law authorizes a sexual assault victim to request that a kit collected from them not be tested and prohibits a kit for which this request had been made from being tested.
California SB 733 (20252026) — Sexual assault forensic evidence: testing.
Existing law, the Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights, requires law enforcement agencies, for sexual assault forensic evidence received on or after January 1, 2016, to either submit the evidence to a crime lab within 20 days after it is booked into evidence or ensure that a rapid turnaround deoxyribonucleic acid program is in place, as specified. However, existing law authorizes a sexual assault victim to request that a kit collected from them not be tested and prohibits a kit for which this request had been made from being tested.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 733 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Schultz — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
SB 733 Wahab Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB733 Wahab et al. Concurrence — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wahab — primary (person)
Ochoa Bogh — 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
2025-03-12 Referred to Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
2025-03-13 Set for hearing April 1.
2025-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 609.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 888.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-04-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-05-12 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2025-06-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-06-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-08-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2706.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-08-21 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-08-25 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2025-08-25 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2242.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-09-03 Withdrawn from committee.
2025-09-03 Ordered to unfinished business.
2025-09-03 Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-09-03 In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-09-04 Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3
2025-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05 Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-08 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2025-09-08 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
2025-09-08 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2025-09-09 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
2025-09-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2