--- type: "Bill" title: "Victim services: restorative justice." description: "Existing law provides the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation with jurisdiction over state prisons, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 379" citation: "California SB 379 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Victim services", "restorative justice"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"] version_count: 8 action_count: 29 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2023-02-09" last_action: "2024-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9e46913-52a5-46dd-8d21-40a24ac39ff6" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB379" source_hash: "1c506a9419dd66034ea534bb761b3aa26a29438567f2d74c39035b525e3e4822" 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 379 (20232024) — Victim services: restorative justice. Existing law provides the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation with jurisdiction over state prisons, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB379&version=20230SB37999INT) 2. **01/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB379&version=20230SB37998AMD) 3. **01/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB379&version=20230SB37997AMD) 4. **04/29/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB379&version=20230SB37996AMD) 5. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB379&version=20230SB37995AMD) 6. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB379&version=20230SB37993CHP) 7. **SB379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB379) 8. **09/04/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB379&version=20230SB37994ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower - SB 379 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Bryan — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Umberg — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12. - **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2024-01-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-01-03** Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee` - **2024-01-04** Set for hearing January 9. - **2024-01-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2958.) (January 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-01-10** Set for hearing January 16. - **2024-01-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-01-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-01-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-01-23** Ordered to second reading. - **2024-01-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-01-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3055.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-01-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2024-04-29** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6709.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2024-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5747.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 980, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9e46913-52a5-46dd-8d21-40a24ac39ff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).