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CA AB2599
Bill
Status
11/30/2016
Primary Sponsor
Mike Gipson
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AI Summary
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Amends Penal Code Sections 261 and 262 to change rape law language from "prevented from resisting" to "incapable of giving consent" in cases involving intoxication or unconsciousness.
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Modifies the definition of rape when a person is unconscious of the nature of the act to focus on inability to give consent rather than inability to resist.
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Applies changes to both rape statutes covering non-spousal and spousal rape under identical circumstance definitions.
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Specifies that no state reimbursement is required to local agencies because the act only changes the definition of an existing crime under California Constitutional provisions.
Legislative Description
Rape: consent.
Last Action
From committee without further action.
11/30/2016