BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 15 (Holden) - Limitation of actions: human rights abuses
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|Version: July 15, 2015 |Policy Vote: JUD. 6 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: August 27, 2015 |Consultant: Jolie Onodera |
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*********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
The following information is revised to reflect amendments
adopted by the committee on August 27, 2015
Bill
Summary: AB 15 would extend the statute of limitations for
victims of human trafficking to bring a civil action, as
specified, and would create a 10-year statute of limitations to
bring actions for specified offenses when the conduct would also
constitute torture, genocide, a war crime, an attempted
extrajudicial killing, or a crime against humanity, as defined.
Fiscal
Impact: Unknown, potentially significant increase in state
court costs (General Fund) to the extent extending the statutes
of limitations to bring civil actions in specified cases results
in additional claims. To the extent five additional claims are
filed in any one year, assuming one week of court time, annual
costs would be in the range of $125,000 (General Fund).
*Trial Court Trust Fund
AB 15 (Holden) Page 1 of
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Committee
Amendments: Narrow the exemption under CCP § 361 to allow a
court action only if all or part of the unlawful act(s) occurred
in this state.
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