---
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 534"
citation: "California SB 534 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["California Victim Compensation Board: claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35c181d5-e07c-4fd5-9229-84474678f747"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB534"
source_hash: "d5d4d0edbccbf7ef4d4e3a22f30276dbc0d3fe0d20c64879ddfcfe0ca1413580"
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 534 (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. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB534&version=20170SB53499INT)
2. **06/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB534&version=20170SB53498AMD)
3. **08/23/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB534&version=20170SB53497AMD)
4. **09/28/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB534&version=20170SB53495CHP)
5. **SB534** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB534)
6. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB534&version=20170SB53496ENR)

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 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`
- **2017-07-03** Set for hearing July 10.
- **2017-07-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1942.) (July 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-13** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2021.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-23** 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`
- **2017-08-23** August 23 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 2971.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2565.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 360, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35c181d5-e07c-4fd5-9229-84474678f747`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).