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AB-2758 • 2026

Criminal procedure: statute of limitations.

Criminal procedure: statute of limitations.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Addis
Last action
2026-02-21
Official status
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide details on what specific technical changes are being made, only stating they are nonsubstantive.

Criminal Procedure: Statute of Limitations

AB-2758 makes a minor technical adjustment to the statute of limitations for certain felony sex offenses against minors.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes a technical, nonsubstantive change to existing provisions regarding the statute of limitations for specified felony sex offenses committed when the victim is under 18 years old.

Terms To Know

Statute of limitations
The time period during which a legal case must be started after the event that caused it happened.
Felony sex offenses
Serious crimes involving sexual acts, especially those against minors or people with disabilities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not change the actual time limits for most cases.
  • It is unclear what specific technical changes are being made and how they will be implemented in practice.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  2. 2026-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2758, as introduced, Addis.
Criminal procedure: statute of limitations.
Existing law requires, except in specified cases, that prosecution for an offense punishable by imprisonment in the state prison or pursuant to a specified statute be commenced within 3 years after the commission of the offense. Existing law requires specified sex offenses that are committed when the victim is under 18 years of age to be punished by imprisonment in the state prison or in a county jail for not more than one year.
Existing law requires specified felony sex offenses that are committed when the victim is under 18 years of age and under certain circumstances, such as rape of a person with a mental disorder or disability or sodomy with force or fear, to be commenced by the victim’s 40th birthday 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,
2015.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.

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