BILL NUMBER: SB 30	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Gaines

                        DECEMBER 1, 2014

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 30, as introduced, Gaines. Nonconsensual sexual intercourse:
minors.
   Under existing criminal law, unlawful sexual intercourse is an act
of sexual intercourse accomplished with a person who is not the
spouse of the perpetrator, if the person is under 18 years of age.
Existing civil law makes a person who commits a sexual battery, as
defined, upon another liable to that person for damages and
authorizes a court to award equitable relief, as specified.
   This bill would, under civil law, define nonconsensual sexual
intercourse as an act of sexual intercourse between an adult and a
person who is not the spouse of the adult, if the person is under 18
years of age.
   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.  Nonconsensual sexual intercourse is an act of sexual
intercourse between an adult and a person who is not the spouse of
the adult, if the person is a minor. For the purposes of this
section, a "minor" is a person under 18 years of age and an "adult"
is a person who is at least 18 years of age.