Amended in Senate March 17, 2014

Senate BillNo. 926


Introduced by Senators Beall and Lara

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(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Skinner)

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(Coauthors: Senators Block and Vidak)

(Coauthors: Assembly Membersbegin insert Bradford, Fong,end insert Foxbegin insert,end insert and Hall)

January 29, 2014


An act to amend Section 801.1 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 926, as amended, Beall. Crimes: statute of limitation: felony sex crimes.

Under existing law, prosecution for specified felony sex offenses, including rape, sodomy, lewd or lascivious acts, oral copulation, continuous sexual abuse of a child, and acts of sexual penetration, that are alleged to have been committed when the victim was under 18 years of age, may be commenced at any time prior to the victim’s 28th birthday.

This bill would authorize prosecution of those crimes at any time prior to the victim’s 40th birthdaybegin insert when the crime was committed on or after January 1, 2015, or for which the previous statute of limitations has not run as of January 1, 2015end insert.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 801.1 of the Penal Code is amended to
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801.1.  

(a) begin insert(1)end insertbegin insertend insertNotwithstanding any other limitation of time
2described in this chapter, prosecution for a felony offense described
3in Section 261, 286, 288, 288.5, 288a, or 289, or Section 289.5,
4as enacted by Chapter 293 of the Statutes of 1991 relating to
5penetration by an unknown object, that is alleged to have been
6committed when the victim was underbegin delete the age ofend delete 18 yearsbegin insert of ageend insert,
7may be commenced any time prior to the victim’s 40th birthday.

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8(2) Paragraph (1) shall only apply to crimes that were
9committed on or after January 1, 2015, or for which the statute of
10limitations that was in effect prior to January 1, 2015, has not run
11as of January 1, 2015.

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12(b) Notwithstanding any other limitation of time described in
13this chapter, if subdivision (a) does not apply, prosecution for a
14felony offense described in subdivision (c) of Section 290 shall
15be commenced within 10 years after commission of the offense.



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