CA SB 733
enactedSexual assault forensic evidence: testing.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 733 pass?
Yes. CA SB 733 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 783, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 733 about?
Existing law, the Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights, requires law enforcement agencies, for sexual assault forensic evidence received on or after January 1, 2016, to either submit the evidence to a crime lab within 20 days after it is booked into evidence or ensure that a rapid turnaround deoxyribonucleic acid program is in place, as specified. However, existing law authorizes a sexual assault victim to request that a kit collected from them not be tested and prohibits a kit for which this request had been made from being tested. This bill would instead authorize a sexual assault survivor who is 18 years of age or older and who is undecided whether to report to law enforcement at the time of an examination to request that all medical evidence collected from them not be tested. If the request is made at the time of the examination, the bill would prohibit the medical facility from submitting the kit to a crime laboratory and would require the investigating agency to retain the kit until the sexual assault survivor requests testing. If the request is made after the examination, the bill would either require the investigating agency to retain the kit or would require the crime laboratory to return the kit to the investigating agency to be retained. The bill would also authorize a sexual assault survivor who has requested that their kit not be tested to later request that it be tested. By creating a new duty for local investigating agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors CA SB 733?
Wahab is the primary sponsor of CA SB 733, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law, the Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights, requires law enforcement agencies, for sexual assault forensic evidence received on or after January 1, 2016, to either submit the evidence to a crime lab within 20 days after it is booked into evidence or ensure that a rapid turnaround deoxyribonucleic acid program is in place, as specified. However, existing law authorizes a sexual assault victim to request that a kit collected from them not be tested and prohibits a kit for which this request had been made from being tested. This bill would instead authorize a sexual assault survivor who is 18 years of age or older and who is undecided whether to report to law enforcement at the time of an examination to request that all medical evidence collected from them not be tested. If the request is made at the time of the examination, the bill would prohibit the medical facility from submitting the kit to a crime laboratory and would require the investigating agency to retain the kit until the sexual assault survivor requests testing. If the request is made after the examination, the bill would either require the investigating agency to retain the kit or would require the crime laboratory to return the kit to the investigating agency to be retained. The bill would also authorize a sexual assault survivor who has requested that their kit not be tested to later request that it be tested. By creating a new duty for local investigating agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 783, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Wahabauthor
- Ochoa Boghcoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-13
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 783, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-13
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-13
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3062.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-13
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Joint Rule 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-13
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3459.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-11
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-10
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 10).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-09
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-09-08
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2025-09-08
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-09-08
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
referral-committee
2025-09-05
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2025-09-05
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-05
Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-04
Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-04
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-03
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-09-03
Ordered to unfinished business.
2025-09-03
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2025-09-03
Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-08-25
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2242.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-08-25
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
referral-committee
2025-08-21
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-08-21
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2706.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-07-17
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-19
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
referral-committee
2025-06-17
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-05-12
Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.
referral-committee
2025-04-24
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2025-04-24
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 888.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-04-22
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-21
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-04
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-02
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 609.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-03-13
Set for hearing April 1.
2025-03-12
Referred to Com. on HOUSING.
referral-committee
2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction,referral-committee
Versions
- 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
- 06/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-17Compare
- 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-05Compare
- 09/08/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-08Compare
- 09/09/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-09Compare
- 09/18/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-18Compare
- 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-01 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cortese: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd
2025-04-24 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grove: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Wahab: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Stern: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Becker: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Reyes: other
- Archuleta: other
- Rubio: other
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-07-15 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Mark González: yes
SB 733 Wahab Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-08-21 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Berman: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Soria: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Flora: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Solache: yes
- Krell: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hart: yes
- Lee: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bains: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Chen: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ransom: other
- Addis: other
Do pass.
2025-09-10 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Pellerin: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Hart: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Ta: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
Unfinished Business SB733 Wahab et al. Concurrence
2025-09-13 · pass · 34-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grove: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Dahle: other
- Weber Pierson: other
- Choi: other
- Valladares: other
- Laird: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
SB 733 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Schultz
2025-09-13 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- McKinnor: other
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