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type: "Bill"
title: "Medical misconduct: misuse of sperm, ova, or embryos: statute of limitations."
description: "Existing law makes it a felony for anyone to knowingly use sperm, ova, or embryos in assisted reproduction technology, for any purpose other than that indicated by the sperm, ova, or embryo provider's signature on a written consent form, and to knowingly implant sperm, ova, or embryos, through the use of assisted reproduction technology, into a recipient who is not the sperm, ova, or embryo provider, without the signed written consent of the sperm, ova, or embryo provider and recipient. Except in specified cases, existing law requires that prosecution for a felony be commenced within 3 years after the commission of the offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2014"
citation: "California AB 2014 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical misconduct: misuse of sperm", "ova", "or embryos: statute of limitations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9710f4b-83b9-458c-8944-2c616e35ce32"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2014"
source_hash: "7c3d7ff21eac755d0c8f2ca59e6b3328182aba686110a95c1f69da9669b1adb1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 2014 (20192020) — Medical misconduct: misuse of sperm, ova, or embryos: statute of limitations.
Existing law makes it a felony for anyone to knowingly use sperm, ova, or embryos in assisted reproduction technology, for any purpose other than that indicated by the sperm, ova, or embryo provider's signature on a written consent form, and to knowingly implant sperm, ova, or embryos, through the use of assisted reproduction technology, into a recipient who is not the sperm, ova, or embryo provider, without the signed written consent of the sperm, ova, or embryo provider and recipient. Except in specified cases, existing law requires that prosecution for a felony be commenced within 3 years after the commission of the offense.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/29/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2014&version=20190AB201499INT)
2. **03/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2014&version=20190AB201498AMD)
3. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2014&version=20190AB201497AMD)
4. **07/23/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2014&version=20190AB201496AMD)
5. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2014&version=20190AB201494CHP)
6. **AB2014** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2014)
7. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2014&version=20190AB201495ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 2014 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **60** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB2014 — **390** (pass) · upper
- AB 2014 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Maienschein — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee February 29.
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Page 4599.)
- **2020-05-26** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2020-05-26** Ordered to second reading.
- **2020-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4681.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 31). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-13** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4381.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5324.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 244, Statutes of 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9710f4b-83b9-458c-8944-2c616e35ce32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).