Consenting_Adult_Sex_Bill
Consenting Adult Sex Bill
California law decriminalizing gay sex
The Consenting Adult Sex Law (Assembly Bill 489) is a Californian piece of legislation which decriminalized private and consensual gay sex.[1] Its main promoters were George Moscone, an early proponent of gay rights, and his friend and ally Willie Brown, who was serving in the California Assembly at the time. The bill passed in the Senate by a vote of 21 to 20 and in the Assembly by a vote of 45 to 26. It was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on May 12, 1975, which came into effect in January 1976.[2]
A previous bill to the same effect had been introduced in 1970 but had failed to garner enough support to pass.