California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2273: Crimes: SCRIVNER Act.
Status: Chaptered, September 18, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 1001.36 of, and to add Section 11110 to, the Penal Code, relating to crimes. crimes Crimes: SCRIVNER Act…
From the chaptered text, September 18, 2026:
An act to amend Section 1001.36 of, and to add Section 11110 to, the Penal Code, relating to crimes. crimes Crimes: SCRIVNER Act. Existing law provides that any person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, including any of the acts constituting other crimes, as provided, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child who is under 14 years of age, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of that person or the child, is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 3, 6, or 8 years. The bill would require the Department of Justice, upon completion of an investigation of a person who holds an elected office in which the department determines the person committed specified crimes relating to rape, that the victim was a minor, and that the case is appropriate for prosecution, to bring criminal charges against that person within 30 days. Existing law authorizes a court to grant pretrial diversion to a defendant suffering from a mental disorder, on an accusatory pleading alleging the commission of a misdemeanor or felony offense, in order to allow the defendant to undergo mental health treatment. Existing law makes a defendant ineligible for this diversion program if the …
Sponsors
- Jasmeet Bains (D, AD35) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 298, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6582.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : From special consent calendar.
- : Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Votes
- AB 2273 Bains Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 26, 2026): 75 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2273 Bains By Grove (August 25, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 23, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 2273 Bains Assembly Third Reading (May 18, 2026): 68 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB2273?
- AB2273 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Crimes: SCRIVNER Act.
- What does AB2273 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Section 1001.36 of, and to add Section 11110 to, the Penal Code, relating to crimes. crimes Crimes: SCRIVNER Act…
- What is the status of AB2273?
- Chaptered as of September 18, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 298, Statutes of 2026. (September 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB2273?
- Jasmeet Bains (D, AD35).
- Where is the official record for AB2273?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2273
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