--- type: "Bill" title: "Victims of crime: compensation." description: "(1) Existing law provides for the compensation of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered as a result of those crimes. Existing law sets forth eligibility requirements and specified limits on the amount of compensation the board may award." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 1299" citation: "California SB 1299 (20112012)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["Victims of crime: compensation."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wright"] version_count: 7 action_count: 28 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2012-02-23" last_action: "2012-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86590248-c1ba-4331-b347-99f6e2620ade" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1299" source_hash: "f331516c74970a4985ff610b2f67b054cc01f04758aa08f09efc1c3f4245dfa9" 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 1299 (20112012) — Victims of crime: compensation. (1) Existing law provides for the compensation of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered as a result of those crimes. Existing law sets forth eligibility requirements and specified limits on the amount of compensation the board may award. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1299&version=20110SB129999INT) 2. **04/16/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1299&version=20110SB129998AMD) 3. **04/30/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1299&version=20110SB129997AMD) 4. **06/12/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1299&version=20110SB129996AMD) 5. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1299&version=20110SB129994CHP) 6. **SB1299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1299) 7. **09/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1299&version=20110SB129995ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB1299 Wright Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - SB 1299 Wright Senate Third Reading By MA — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Wright — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25. - **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2012-03-13** Set for hearing March 27. - **2012-03-20** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2012-03-21** Set for hearing April 10. - **2012-04-04** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2012-04-16** 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` - **2012-04-17** Set for hearing April 24. - **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3312.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-04-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2012-05-04** Set for hearing May 14. - **2012-05-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2012-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2012-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3555.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2012-06-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2012-06-12** 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` - **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6205.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2012-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5070.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m. - **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 870, Statutes of 2012. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86590248-c1ba-4331-b347-99f6e2620ade`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).