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type: "Bill"
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title: "DNA evidence."
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description: "Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to report specified information regarding certain rape kit evidence, within 120 days of the collection of the kit, to the Department of Justice through a database established by the department. Existing law requires the department, on or before July 1, 2018, and in consultation with law enforcement agencies and crime victims groups, to establish a process by which victims of sexual assault may inquire regarding the location and information regarding their sexual assault evidence kits."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 215"
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citation: "California SB 215 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DNA evidence."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-13"
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last_action: "2021-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56433a4a-7cd0-4ecb-9ca3-c59a8ac7a41c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB215"
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source_hash: "f5d51c5302cc565e685239821fcb0d6d2bfc49a3b65c88172e298a02d125e9ac"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 215 (20212022) — DNA evidence.
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Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to report specified information regarding certain rape kit evidence, within 120 days of the collection of the kit, to the Department of Justice through a database established by the department. Existing law requires the department, on or before July 1, 2018, and in consultation with law enforcement agencies and crime victims groups, to establish a process by which victims of sexual assault may inquire regarding the location and information regarding their sexual assault evidence kits.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/13/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB215&version=20210SB21599INT)
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2. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB215&version=20210SB21598AMD)
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3. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB215&version=20210SB21596CHP)
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4. **SB215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB215)
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5. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB215&version=20210SB21597ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 215 Leyva Senate Third Reading By Chiu — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB215 Leyva et al. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Leyva — primary (person)
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- Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
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- Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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- Portantino — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-01-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 13.
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-17** Set for hearing March 9.
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- **2021-03-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 424.) (March 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-12** Set for hearing March 22.
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- **2021-03-22** March 22 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1183.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1318.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-14** July 14 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2021-08-26** Coauthors revised.
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2687.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-02** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
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- **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 634, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56433a4a-7cd0-4ecb-9ca3-c59a8ac7a41c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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