republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-341.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Credibility of witnesses: sexual conduct: social media content."
description: "Existing law sets forth the procedure required in any prosecution for rape or other specified offenses, with certain exceptions, if evidence of sexual conduct of the complaining witness, as defined, is offered to attack the credibility of the complaining witness. This procedure involves, among other things, the filing of a written motion by the defendant, accompanied by an affidavit filed under seal stating an offer of proof, and, if the court determines that the offer is sufficient, a hearing out of the presence of the jury regarding the offer of proof. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court may make an order stating what evidence may be introduced by the defendant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 341"
citation: "California AB 341 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Credibility of witnesses: sexual conduct: social media content."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boerner Horvath"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac5fb0e4-81a3-4903-b1d3-6e2dd8d6ea42"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB341"
source_hash: "9075ec7144e024de2c075377b8b80b4d76e98935ded58d07d53ad089621ebeec"
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 341 (20212022) — Credibility of witnesses: sexual conduct: social media content.

Existing law sets forth the procedure required in any prosecution for rape or other specified offenses, with certain exceptions, if evidence of sexual conduct of the complaining witness, as defined, is offered to attack the credibility of the complaining witness. This procedure involves, among other things, the filing of a written motion by the defendant, accompanied by an affidavit filed under seal stating an offer of proof, and, if the court determines that the offer is sufficient, a hearing out of the presence of the jury regarding the offer of proof. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court may make an order stating what evidence may be introduced by the defendant.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB341&version=20210AB34199INT)
2. **03/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB341&version=20210AB34198AMD)
3. **06/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB341&version=20210AB34196CHP)
4. **AB341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB341)
5. **06/18/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB341&version=20210AB34197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB341 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 341 Boerner Horvath Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boerner Horvath — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Villapudua — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 932.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1543.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-17** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2021-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 24, 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/ac5fb0e4-81a3-4903-b1d3-6e2dd8d6ea42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).