---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Victim Compensation Board: payment of claims."
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: "SB 632"
citation: "California SB 632 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["California Victim Compensation Board: payment of claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2022-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6a1f13a-8732-4585-bc39-5c01fe6f5df6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB632"
source_hash: "0b8a8bfca1deb7d910bb9242b4bed79bb46384b433330001403914f3909c6668"
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 632 (20212022) — California Victim Compensation Board: payment of claims.

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. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB632&version=20210SB63299INT)
2. **01/12/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB632&version=20210SB63298AMD)
3. **05/02/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB632&version=20210SB63297AMD)
4. **07/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB632&version=20210SB63295CHP)
5. **SB632** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB632)
6. **07/05/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB632&version=20210SB63296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 632 Portantino Third Reading Urgency By Holden — **60–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB632 Portantino Urgency Clause Concurrence — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Set for hearing January 18.
- **2022-01-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2777.) (January 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2819.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-28** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-06-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4571.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2022-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 133, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6a1f13a-8732-4585-bc39-5c01fe6f5df6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).