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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2251	California AB 2251 (20112012)	bill	Victim restitution: victim's contact information.	enacted	Feuer	5	18	5	2012-02-24	2012-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/360b785a-413e-43e5-b2d0-33c72bbc9358	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2251	3eece2773a661f41d48bba28db1360b32ef0e819affef915aea15440bf8154be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 06/18/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/13/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2251 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/02/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/360b785a-413e-43e5-b2d0-33c72bbc9358. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).