---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder abuse: theft or embezzlement: restitution."
description: "Existing law provides criminal penalties for any person who commits a crime involving theft, embezzlement, forgery, fraud, or identify theft, with respect to the property or personal information of the elder or dependent adult, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1293"
citation: "California AB 1293 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder abuse: theft or embezzlement: restitution."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenfield"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e31c9d7f-3859-493e-abf4-9c249d3bb864"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1293"
source_hash: "e465dbc306d444451f21e65e8f8c14aa3880283a8e4e5fdffa4e4408f65f297f"
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 AB 1293 (20112012) — Elder abuse: theft or embezzlement: restitution.

Existing law provides criminal penalties for any person who commits a crime involving theft, embezzlement, forgery, fraud, or identify theft, with respect to the property or personal information of the elder or dependent adult, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1293&version=20110AB129399INT)
2. **05/11/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1293&version=20110AB129398AMD)
3. **06/28/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1293&version=20110AB129397AMD)
4. **09/30/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1293&version=20110AB129395CHP)
5. **AB1293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1293)
6. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1293&version=20110AB129396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1293 BLUMENFIELD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #8 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1293 BLUMENFIELD Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blumenfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-12** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1671.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2018.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2566.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e31c9d7f-3859-493e-abf4-9c249d3bb864`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).