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Home/Bills/SB 934California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
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SB 934: Sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts.

California · Senate · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified August 25, 2026

What SB 934 does, verified August 25, 2026

The bill aims to extend the statute of limitations for individuals who suffered psychological harm due to childhood sexual assault or efforts to change their sexual orientation or gender identity. It requires actions for damages to be commenced within 22 years of attaining majority for those under 18, or 10 years for those 18 or older, or within 5 years of discovering the harm was caused by these efforts. The bill defines "sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts" as efforts to direct a patient toward a particular sexual orientation or identity. It applies to actions against licensed mental health providers and those who employed or supervised them. The bill allows certain types of evidence to be used to establish causation and harm in these actions. It also revives previously unlitigated actions that would otherwise be barred due to expired statutes of limitations.

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Last action: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. (2026-08-20)Alert me
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Alex LeeRebecca Bauer-KahanMia BontaChristopher CabaldonSabrina CervantesMaria Elena DurazoSade ElhawaryLena GonzalezMatt HaneyCorey JacksonJohn LairdMark González
Recent actions27 total · showing 5
Aug. 20, 2026Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Aug. 19, 2026In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Aug. 19, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
Aug. 17, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Aug. 13, 2026Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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