California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 1619 — Sexual assault: statutes of limitations on civil actions.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 939, Statutes of 2018.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2017. Enacted.

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Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Mixed recorded votes

    9 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides that in a civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of domestic violence, the time for commencement of the action shall be the later of within 3 years from the date of the last act of domestic violence 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 an act of domestic violence by the defendant against the plaintiff. This bill would set the time for commencement of any civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of sexual assault, as defined, where the assault occurred on or after the plaintiff's 18th birthday, to the later of 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 an act, attempted act, or assault with intent to commit an act, of sexual assault by the defendant against the plaintiff.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 939, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6873.).

  5. From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 28).

  6. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  7. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5594.).

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 16).

  12. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

  15. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  16. Withdrawn from committee.

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.

  18. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  19. In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.

  20. Referred to Coms. on ED. and B., P. & E.D.

  21. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  22. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 2075.)

  23. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  24. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)

  25. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  26. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 26).

  27. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  28. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  29. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  30. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.

  31. Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  32. From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  33. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Cooper

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 1619 BERMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 56002
Democratic 16000
Republican 6000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gray — Yea
Harper — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Obernolte — Not Voting
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB1619 Berman et al. By Leyva

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Chang — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5001
Democratic 1000
Total 6001
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Beall — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 1619 BERMAN Assembly Third Reading

Passed 57 Yea · 15 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 421106
Democratic 14001
Republican 1401
Total 571508
% of votes cast 71%19%0%10%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gray — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Wood — Yea
Fong — Not Voting
Harper — Nay
Kiley — Not Voting
Chávez — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Steinorth — Not Voting
Waldron — Not Voting
Eggman — Not Voting
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8300
Democratic 4001
Republican 0100
Total 12401
% of votes cast 71%24%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1619 do?
Existing law provides that in a civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of domestic violence, the time for commencement of the action shall be the later of within 3 years from the date of the last act of domestic violence 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 an act of domestic violence by the defendant against the plaintiff. This bill would set the time for commencement of any civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of sexual assault, as defined, where the assault occurred on or after the plaintiff's 18th birthday, to the later of 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 an act, attempted act, or assault with intent to commit an act, of sexual assault by the defendant against the plaintiff.
Who sponsors AB 1619?
AB 1619 is sponsored by Berman, Marc (Democratic) and Cooper.
What is the current status of AB 1619?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1619?
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