BILL NUMBER: AB 29	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

   An act to add Section 1708.5.5 to the Civil Code, relating to
civil actions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 29, as introduced, Campos. Civil actions: defenses: unlawful
sexual intercourse.
   Existing law prohibits a person from engaging in unlawful sexual
intercourse, as defined, with a minor and prescribes punishments for
unlawful sexual intercourse. Existing law makes a person who commits
sexual battery, as provided, liable for specified damages. Existing
law establishes the defense of consent in civil actions.
   This bill would prohibit, in any civil action involving sexual
intercourse between an adult and a minor, as defined, the defense
that the minor consented to the sexual intercourse.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1708.5.5 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
   1708.5.5.  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following
definitions shall apply:
   (1) "Adult" means a person who is at least 18 years of age.
   (2) "Minor" means a person who is under 18 years of age.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section 3515, in any civil action involving
sexual intercourse between an adult and a minor, it shall not be a
defense that the minor consented to the sexual intercourse.