republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-898.md

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Bill	Crime victims: restitution: fine.	Existing law requires the court to order defendants convicted of any crime to pay a fine in the form of a penalty, as specified. Existing law additionally requires the court to order defendants to pay restitution to the victim or victims as well as a restitution fine, as specified. Existing law provides that the restitution fine shall be set at the discretion of the court and commensurate with the seriousness of the offense, but shall not be less than $200 and not more than $10,000, if the person is convicted of a felony, and not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, if the person is convicted of a misdemeanor. Existing law provides that the court shall impose the restitution fine unless it finds compelling and extraordinary reasons for not doing so, and states those reasons on the record. Existing law requires that the restitution fine be deposited in the Restitution Fund in the State Treasury, a continuously appropriated fund.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 898	California AB 898 (20112012)	bill appropriation	Crime victims: restitution: fine.	enacted	Alejo	9	28	8	2011-02-17	2011-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/0d0b0dc4-6ba1-460c-be9a-9700d31b5402	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB898	55974fa9ba55f9c4997a6763a24a0c57768eafe51408bc776bd9fba7e02b2ad6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 898 (20112012) — Crime victims: restitution: fine.

Existing law requires the court to order defendants convicted of any crime to pay a fine in the form of a penalty, as specified. Existing law additionally requires the court to order defendants to pay restitution to the victim or victims as well as a restitution fine, as specified. Existing law provides that the restitution fine shall be set at the discretion of the court and commensurate with the seriousness of the offense, but shall not be less than $200 and not more than $10,000, if the person is convicted of a felony, and not less than $100 and not more than $1,000, if the person is convicted of a misdemeanor. Existing law provides that the court shall impose the restitution fine unless it finds compelling and extraordinary reasons for not doing so, and states those reasons on the record. Existing law requires that the restitution fine be deposited in the Restitution Fund in the State Treasury, a continuously appropriated fund.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/10/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/27/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/13/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/30/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/29/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB898 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/12/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #9 AB898 Alejo By Cannella — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 898 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 898 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alejo — primary (person)
• Cedillo — coauthor (person)
• Mitchell — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2011-03-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-04-25 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
• 2011-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-05-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-10 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-11 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2011-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1746.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-11 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-07-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2011-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2320.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2011-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2978.)
• 2011-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3010.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2011-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 358, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d0b0dc4-6ba1-460c-be9a-9700d31b5402. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).