"Affirmative consent means affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity"

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB967

The above link is to a bill aimed at preventing sexual assault on campuses.

California is the first state to define when yes means yes.

What the bill does not do is address the "he said, she said" situation. It does not address campus administration's responsibility about reporting or taking sexual violence against women seriously. It is a step in the right direction for stressing and defining consent.

California legislators love to pass laws that are vague and open to individual interpretation. It has been criticized for not addressing the rights of someone falsely accused. It has also been criticized for putting too much burden on the accused.