---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victim restitution: fines: default."
description: "Existing law requires a court to order a defendant to make restitution in every case in which a victim has suffered economic loss as a result of the defendant's conduct. Existing law requires the restitution order to be based on the amount of loss claimed by the victim or victims, and to be of a dollar amount that is sufficient to fully reimburse the victim or victims for every determined economic loss incurred as a result of the defendant's criminal conduct, as specified. Under existing law, a restitution order imposed pursuant to these provisions is enforceable as if the order were a civil judgment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1371"
citation: "California SB 1371 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victim restitution: fines: default."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc60a169-edc3-4598-83ae-af9fbe57c516"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1371"
source_hash: "719c6d9290c38b5fdc4eadf2106ef8f7eebb3a1cb2dd81ac90f94fa2057bb6a3"
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 1371 (20112012) — Victim restitution: fines: default.

Existing law requires a court to order a defendant to make restitution in every case in which a victim has suffered economic loss as a result of the defendant's conduct. Existing law requires the restitution order to be based on the amount of loss claimed by the victim or victims, and to be of a dollar amount that is sufficient to fully reimburse the victim or victims for every determined economic loss incurred as a result of the defendant's criminal conduct, as specified. Under existing law, a restitution order imposed pursuant to these provisions is enforceable as if the order were a civil judgment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1371&version=20110SB137199INT)
2. **04/19/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1371&version=20110SB137198AMD)
3. **05/16/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1371&version=20110SB137197AMD)
4. **06/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1371&version=20110SB137195CHP)
5. **SB1371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1371)
6. **06/19/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1371&version=20110SB137196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1371 Anderson Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2012-04-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3312.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-05-10** From special consent calendar.
- **2012-05-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-05-16** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3616.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5344.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-18** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-06-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2012-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 49, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc60a169-edc3-4598-83ae-af9fbe57c516`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).