---
type: "Bill"
title: "State claims: California Victim Compensation Board: Government Claims Program."
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: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1593"
citation: "California AB 1593 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State claims: California Victim Compensation Board: Government Claims Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lorena Gonzalez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-05"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/720bdcfa-a226-4e88-9d84-c8077d132e64"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1593"
source_hash: "268a66f1b12cf39450d1666067d730b291031dbbc3e6fde25643c67328f9b24d"
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 1593 (20212022) — State claims: California Victim Compensation Board: Government Claims Program.

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. **04/05/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1593&version=20210AB159399INT)
2. **06/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1593&version=20210AB159398AMD)
3. **07/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1593&version=20210AB159396CHP)
4. **AB1593** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1593)
5. **07/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1593&version=20210AB159397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1593 Lorena Gonzalez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1593 Lorena Gonzalez Third Reading Urgency — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1593 Lorena Gonzalez By Portantino Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lorena Gonzalez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** Introduced pursuant to Joint Rule 54. `introduction`
- **2021-04-06** From printer. May be heard in committee May 6.
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1432.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-27** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1804.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-07-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2304.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2021-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/720bdcfa-a226-4e88-9d84-c8077d132e64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).