---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Victim Compensation Board: claim."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 417"
citation: "California SB 417 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["California Victim Compensation Board: claim."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2020-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/556bcbd5-6c0a-4ae5-9742-3ef3093bcfe0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB417"
source_hash: "df95ddcf02da4b44da32040567d0107e63be6a5994d9a97b8f41a62d6e19c77e"
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 417 (20192020) — California Victim Compensation Board: claim.

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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB417&version=20190SB41799INT)
2. **01/13/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB417&version=20190SB41798AMD)
3. **05/26/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB417&version=20190SB41797AMD)
4. **07/10/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB417&version=20190SB41795CHP)
5. **SB417** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB417)
6. **07/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB417&version=20190SB41796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 417 Portantino Third Reading Urgency By Gonzalez — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB417 Portantino Urgency Clause Concurrence — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Set for hearing January 21.
- **2020-01-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3120.) (January 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 3151.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-01-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-05-26** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4889.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-06-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 3896.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2020-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 28, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/556bcbd5-6c0a-4ae5-9742-3ef3093bcfe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).