---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victim restitution: victim's contact information."
description: "Existing law requires a court to order a criminal defendant to make restitution in every case in which a victim has suffered economic loss as a result of the defendant's conduct. In cases where a person is committed to an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the court has ordered the person to pay restitution to a victim, existing law authorizes the applicable county probation officer to send the victim's contact information and a copy of the restitution order to the department for the purpose of distributing restitution if the victim consents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2251"
citation: "California AB 2251 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victim restitution: victim's contact information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feuer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/360b785a-413e-43e5-b2d0-33c72bbc9358"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2251"
source_hash: "3eece2773a661f41d48bba28db1360b32ef0e819affef915aea15440bf8154be"
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 2251 (20112012) — Victim restitution: victim's contact information.

Existing law requires a court to order a criminal defendant to make restitution in every case in which a victim has suffered economic loss as a result of the defendant's conduct. In cases where a person is committed to an institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the court has ordered the person to pay restitution to a victim, existing law authorizes the applicable county probation officer to send the victim's contact information and a copy of the restitution order to the department for the purpose of distributing restitution if the victim consents.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2251&version=20110AB225199INT)
2. **06/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2251&version=20110AB225198AMD)
3. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2251&version=20110AB225196CHP)
4. **AB2251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2251)
5. **07/02/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2251&version=20110AB225197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #13 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2251 FEUER Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2251 FEUER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feuer — primary (person)
- Blumenfield — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4374.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4058.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-06-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5522.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 124, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/360b785a-413e-43e5-b2d0-33c72bbc9358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).