---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restitution: crimes: identity theft."
description: "Existing law establishes various offenses relating to identity theft. Existing law establishes a procedure for purposes of imposing restitution obligations on defendants, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 208"
citation: "California SB 208 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Restitution: crimes: identity theft."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alquist"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b1acf8f-02e5-4381-ab20-5ed702a395a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB208"
source_hash: "ef9a2d1f3a8ea88c2786f40e816cfba20417adb256679a93c7164857878d9c59"
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 208 (20112012) — Restitution: crimes: identity theft.

Existing law establishes various offenses relating to identity theft. Existing law establishes a procedure for purposes of imposing restitution obligations on defendants, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB208&version=20110SB20899INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB208&version=20110SB20898AMD)
3. **04/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB208&version=20110SB20897AMD)
4. **07/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB208&version=20110SB20895CHP)
5. **SB208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB208)
6. **06/21/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB208&version=20110SB20896ENR)

## Votes

- SB 208 Alquist Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #2 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alquist — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
- **2011-02-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2011-03-31** 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`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 621.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 907.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1998.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-20** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-06-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 45, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b1acf8f-02e5-4381-ab20-5ed702a395a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).