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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 258: Crimes: rape.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 258 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Crimes: rape. Primary sponsor: Aisha Wahab (D), Susan Rubio (D), Sabrina Cervantes (D). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 11, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 599, Statutes of 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law defines rape as an act of sexual intercourse accomplished under certain circumstances, including with a person not the spouse of the perpetrator where the person is incapable of giving legal consent because of a mental disorder or developmental or physical disability.

This bill would remove the spousal exception from this definition of rape.

By expanding the scope of a crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 20 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Aisha WahabPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Susan RubioPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Sabrina CervantesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Cecilia Aguiar-CurryCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly4
Patrick AhrensCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly26
Juan AlanisCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly22
Angelique AshbyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Tasha BoernerCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly77
Anna CaballeroCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Dave CorteseCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Timothy GraysonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate9
Melissa HurtadoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Jerry McNerneyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Blanca PachecoCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly64
Cottie Petrie-NorrisCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly73
Akilah Weber PiersonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate39
Sharon Quirk-SilvaCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly67
Laura RichardsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate35
Michelle RodriguezCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly53
Blanca RubioCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly48
Catherine StefaniCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly19

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 599, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2967.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3279.) Ordered to the Senate.
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).
  10. August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  12. Coauthors revised.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page