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+type: "Bill"
+title: "California Victim Compensation Board: claims."
+description: "Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation Board, in cases in which evidence shows that a crime with which a claimant was charged was either not committed at all, or not committed by the claimant, to report the facts of the case and its conclusions to the Legislature with a recommendation that the Legislature make an appropriation for the purpose of indemnifying the claimant for the injury."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "SB 941"
+citation: "California SB 941 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
+subjects: ["California Victim Compensation Board: claims."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-01-29"
+last_action: "2018-05-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/841ff028-1458-4307-b7ae-3aab2ad8c4e0"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB941"
+source_hash: "183e3ac41d774a9606b42066298aef3b3dd20c10a1b822eab6a96bd2c97c5ec7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 941 (20172018) — California Victim Compensation Board: claims.
+
+Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation Board, in cases in which evidence shows that a crime with which a claimant was charged was either not committed at all, or not committed by the claimant, to report the facts of the case and its conclusions to the Legislature with a recommendation that the Legislature make an appropriation for the purpose of indemnifying the claimant for the injury.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/29/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB941&version=20170SB94199INT)
+2. **03/12/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB941&version=20170SB94198AMD)
+3. **05/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB941&version=20170SB94196CHP)
+4. **SB941** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB941)
+5. **05/11/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB941&version=20170SB94197ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 941 Lara Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lara — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-29** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-01-30** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.
+- **2018-02-08** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-09** Set for hearing April 16.
+- **2018-04-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4676.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4760.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2018-04-26** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5134.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2018-05-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
+- **2018-05-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 13, Statutes of 2018.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/841ff028-1458-4307-b7ae-3aab2ad8c4e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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