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CA AB 250

enacted

Sexual assault: statute of limitations.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 250 pass?

Yes. CA AB 250 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 682, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 250 about?

Existing law revives certain claims seeking to recover damages suffered as a result of a sexual assault that occurred on or after the plaintiff's 18th birthday when one or more entities are legally responsible for damages and the entity or their agents engaged in a cover up, as defined, that would otherwise be barred prior to January 1, 2023, solely because the applicable statute of limitations has or had expired. Existing law authorizes a cause of action for any such claim to proceed if already pending in court on January 1, 2023, or, if not filed by that date, to be commenced between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. Existing law revives such claims brought by a plaintiff who alleges all of the following: (1) the plaintiff was sexually assaulted, (2) one or more entities are legally responsible for damages arising out of the assault, and (3) the entity or entities engaged in a cover up or attempted cover up, as defined, of a previous instance or allegations of sexual assault. This bill would extend the eligibility period for revival of claims of the type described above to include claims that would otherwise be barred prior to January 1, 2026, because the applicable statute of limitations has or had expired. The bill would instead require a revived claim against an entity, as defined, to allege that the plaintiff was sexually assaulted and that (1) one or more entities or persons are legally responsible for damages arising out of sexual assault by an alleged perpetrator against the plaintiff, and (2) an entity or entities, including their specified representatives, engaged in a cover up or attempted a cover up of a previous instance or allegations of sexual assault by an alleged perpetrator. The bill would additionally revive a claim against the person who committed the sexual assault brought by a plaintiff who alleges, among other things, that one or more entities or persons are legally responsible for damages arising out of the sexual assault. The bill would specify that failure to allege a cover up as to one entity does not affect revival of a claim or claims against any other entity or person, including the perpetrator. The bill would permit a cause of action for any such claim to proceed if already pending in court on the effective date of the bill or, if not filed by that date, to be commenced between January 1, 2026, and December 31, 2027. The bill would exempt public entities from these provisions and would provide that public entities are not required to indemnify perpetrators of sexual assault, as specified. The bill would make conforming changes.

Who sponsors CA AB 250?

Aguiar-Curry is the primary sponsor of CA AB 250.

Description

Existing law revives certain claims seeking to recover damages suffered as a result of a sexual assault that occurred on or after the plaintiff's 18th birthday when one or more entities are legally responsible for damages and the entity or their agents engaged in a cover up, as defined, that would otherwise be barred prior to January 1, 2023, solely because the applicable statute of limitations has or had expired. Existing law authorizes a cause of action for any such claim to proceed if already pending in court on January 1, 2023, or, if not filed by that date, to be commenced between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. Existing law revives such claims brought by a plaintiff who alleges all of the following: (1) the plaintiff was sexually assaulted, (2) one or more entities are legally responsible for damages arising out of the assault, and (3) the entity or entities engaged in a cover up or attempted cover up, as defined, of a previous instance or allegations of sexual assault. This bill would extend the eligibility period for revival of claims of the type described above to include claims that would otherwise be barred prior to January 1, 2026, because the applicable statute of limitations has or had expired. The bill would instead require a revived claim against an entity, as defined, to allege that the plaintiff was sexually assaulted and that (1) one or more entities or persons are legally responsible for damages arising out of sexual assault by an alleged perpetrator against the plaintiff, and (2) an entity or entities, including their specified representatives, engaged in a cover up or attempted a cover up of a previous instance or allegations of sexual assault by an alleged perpetrator. The bill would additionally revive a claim against the person who committed the sexual assault brought by a plaintiff who alleges, among other things, that one or more entities or persons are legally responsible for damages arising out of the sexual assault. The bill would specify that failure to allege a cover up as to one entity does not affect revival of a claim or claims against any other entity or person, including the perpetrator. The bill would permit a cause of action for any such claim to proceed if already pending in court on the effective date of the bill or, if not filed by that date, to be commenced between January 1, 2026, and December 31, 2027. The bill would exempt public entities from these provisions and would provide that public entities are not required to indemnify perpetrators of sexual assault, as specified. The bill would make conforming changes.

Introduced
2025-08-29
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 682, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Aguiar-Curryauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-15

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-01-16

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.

  3. 2025-02-10

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  4. 2025-03-11

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  5. 2025-04-09

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

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  6. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23).

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  7. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 2. Page 1782.)

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  9. 2025-05-29

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

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  10. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

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  11. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. 2025-07-14

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  13. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  14. 2025-08-29

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

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  15. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  17. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2676.).

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  19. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  20. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 5. Page 3213.).

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  21. 2025-09-22

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

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  22. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  23. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 682, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/15/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-15Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB250Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-03-11 · pass · 9-2

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Papan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Essayli: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Sanchez: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 250 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-29 · pass · 56-2

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ellis: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Nguyen: other
    • Soria: other
    • Alvarez: other
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Chen: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Ward: other
    • Flora: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Bryan: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Davies: other
    • Ta: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Solache: other
    • Castillo: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-01 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Valladares: other
    • Niello: other
    • Caballero: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-07-14 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB250 Aguiar-Curry By Laird

    2025-09-09 · pass · 30-6

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Grove: no
    • Jones: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Niello: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Alvarado-Gil: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other

  • AB 250 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 62-5

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Hoover: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Chen: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Davies: other
    • Flora: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Ta: other

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