republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-434.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County penalties: forensic laboratories."
description: "Existing law, the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, an initiative measure, requires an additional penalty of $1 for every $10 or part thereof to be levied in each county upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for all criminal offenses, as specified. The act requires the county board of supervisors to establish in the county treasury a DNA Identification Fund, into which the collected penalties are to be deposited. The act specifies the purposes for which funds in the county's DNA Identification Fund may be used, including to reimburse local sheriff, police, district attorney, and regional state crime laboratories for expenditures and administrative costs made or incurred in connection with the processing, analysis, tracking, and storage of DNA crime scene samples, as specified. The act provides for its amendment by the Legislature if the amendments further the act and are consistent with its purposes to enhance the use of DNA identification evidence for the purpose of accurate and expeditious crime solving and exonerating the innocent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 434"
citation: "California AB 434 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County penalties: forensic laboratories."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Logue"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a61b50e5-b659-4109-ad9d-0aa401ad52fd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB434"
source_hash: "6763edc292a0616b8ca959890ccdaa28352a21fc451cafef55b71069f7bf4523"
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 434 (20112012) — County penalties: forensic laboratories.

Existing law, the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, an initiative measure, requires an additional penalty of $1 for every $10 or part thereof to be levied in each county upon every fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for all criminal offenses, as specified. The act requires the county board of supervisors to establish in the county treasury a DNA Identification Fund, into which the collected penalties are to be deposited. The act specifies the purposes for which funds in the county's DNA Identification Fund may be used, including to reimburse local sheriff, police, district attorney, and regional state crime laboratories for expenditures and administrative costs made or incurred in connection with the processing, analysis, tracking, and storage of DNA crime scene samples, as specified. The act provides for its amendment by the Legislature if the amendments further the act and are consistent with its purposes to enhance the use of DNA identification evidence for the purpose of accurate and expeditious crime solving and exonerating the innocent.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB434&version=20110AB43499INT)
2. **03/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB434&version=20110AB43498AMD)
3. **08/31/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB434&version=20110AB43496CHP)
4. **AB434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB434)
5. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB434&version=20110AB43497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 434 LOGUE Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #7 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Logue — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 910.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-13** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1915.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-15** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2011-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 195, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a61b50e5-b659-4109-ad9d-0aa401ad52fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).