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type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual assault by law enforcement officers: actions against public entities: statute of limitations."
description: "Existing law sets the time for commencement of any civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of sexual assault, as defined, as the later within 10 years from the date of the last act attempted act, or assault with intent to commit an act of sexual assault by the defendant against the plaintiff or within 3 years from the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered that an injury or illness resulted from the sexual assault."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1455"
citation: "California AB 1455 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexual assault by law enforcement officers: actions against public entities: statute of limitations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wicks"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5926b249-00e0-40f0-a9a9-2bc4a9fffb92"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1455"
source_hash: "c2cb28b8dbe805943555033f5fb6fd7e6dc238197d2c9d3e981bf46d509a5bd5"
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 1455 (20212022) — Sexual assault by law enforcement officers: actions against public entities: statute of limitations.
Existing law sets the time for commencement of any civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of sexual assault, as defined, as the later within 10 years from the date of the last act attempted act, or assault with intent to commit an act of sexual assault by the defendant against the plaintiff or within 3 years from the date the plaintiff discovers or reasonably should have discovered that an injury or illness resulted from the sexual assault.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1455&version=20210AB145599INT)
2. **03/26/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1455&version=20210AB145598AMD)
3. **04/07/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1455&version=20210AB145597AMD)
4. **07/01/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1455&version=20210AB145596AMD)
5. **10/06/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1455&version=20210AB145594CHP)
6. **AB1455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1455)
7. **09/09/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1455&version=20210AB145595ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1455 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **640** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **50** (pass) · upper
- AB 1455 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — **710** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **100** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1455 Wicks By Umberg — **321** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Wicks — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** 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`
- **2021-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1694.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1718.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 2337.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 2837.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 595, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5926b249-00e0-40f0-a9a9-2bc4a9fffb92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).