--- type: "Bill" title: "Victims of crime: application for compensation." description: "Existing law provides for the compensation of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered as a result of those crimes. Existing law requires an application for compensation to be filed within certain time periods, including within 3 years after the victim attains 18 years of age, except as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 1232" citation: "California SB 1232 (20172018)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["Victims of crime: application for compensation."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"] version_count: 5 action_count: 24 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2018-02-15" last_action: "2018-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac76f0f7-7e35-498d-a29e-585f72cb2a29" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232" source_hash: "a81ffd8d369f6860c0f3083add48dcc242854b89f6b5433e5786c5552686cbbc" 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 1232 (20172018) — Victims of crime: application for compensation. Existing law provides for the compensation of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered as a result of those crimes. Existing law requires an application for compensation to be filed within certain time periods, including within 3 years after the victim attains 18 years of age, except as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232&version=20170SB123299INT) 2. **07/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232&version=20170SB123298AMD) 3. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232&version=20170SB123296CHP) 4. **SB1232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232) 5. **08/21/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232&version=20170SB123297ENR) ## Votes - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1232 Bradford Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, E. — **78–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB1232 Bradford Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Bradford — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-16** Set for hearing April 10. - **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4628.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-04-13** Set for hearing April 23. - **2018-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4769.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4834.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-04-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-07-02** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon. - **2018-07-02** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-07-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-07-05** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6304.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2018-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5427.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 983, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac76f0f7-7e35-498d-a29e-585f72cb2a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).