republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1210.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal rights: obscene materials: attorney's fees."
description: "Existing law creates a private right of action against a person who intentionally distributes a photograph or recorded image of another that exposes the intimate body parts of that person, or of a person engaged in a sexual act, without the person's consent if specified conditions are met. Existing law also provides that a depicted individual, as defined, has a cause of action against a person who either (1) creates and intentionally discloses sexually explicit material if the person knows or reasonably should have known the depicted individual did not consent to its creation or disclosure or (2) who intentionally discloses sexually explicit material that the person did not create if the person knows the depicted individual did not consent to its creation. Existing law authorizes the court to grant reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party for these causes of action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1210"
citation: "California SB 1210 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal rights: obscene materials: attorney's fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b908a481-ef1e-4f7a-b083-db9bff13baf1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1210"
source_hash: "f5e5bfc3f9336be602d29e161b99d7b33fefeacb09672367e4bc739b7db9a8bf"
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 SB 1210 (20212022) — Personal rights: obscene materials: attorney's fees.

Existing law creates a private right of action against a person who intentionally distributes a photograph or recorded image of another that exposes the intimate body parts of that person, or of a person engaged in a sexual act, without the person's consent if specified conditions are met. Existing law also provides that a depicted individual, as defined, has a cause of action against a person who either (1) creates and intentionally discloses sexually explicit material if the person knows or reasonably should have known the depicted individual did not consent to its creation or disclosure or (2) who intentionally discloses sexually explicit material that the person did not create if the person knows the depicted individual did not consent to its creation. Existing law authorizes the court to grant reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party for these causes of action.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1210&version=20210SB121099INT)
2. **03/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1210&version=20210SB121098AMD)
3. **04/18/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1210&version=20210SB121097AMD)
4. **06/20/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1210&version=20210SB121095CHP)
5. **SB1210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1210)
6. **06/10/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1210&version=20210SB121096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB1210 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1210 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-18** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2022-04-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3514.) (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3646.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5306.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-06-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2022-06-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 26, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b908a481-ef1e-4f7a-b083-db9bff13baf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).