republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2098.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military personnel: veterans: sentencing: mitigating circumstances."
description: "Existing law requires the court, in the case of any person convicted of a criminal offense who could otherwise be sentenced to county jail or state prison and who alleges that he or she committed the offense as a result of sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, or mental health problems stemming from service in the United States military, to make a determination, prior to sentencing, as to whether the defendant was, or currently is, a member of the United States military and whether the defendant may be suffering from sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, or mental health problems as a result of that service. If the court concludes that the defendant is one of the persons described above, and if the defendant is otherwise eligible for probation and the court places the defendant on probation, the court is authorized to order the defendant into a local, state, federal, or private nonprofit treatment program for a period not to exceed that period which the defendant would have served in state prison or county jail, provided the defendant agrees to participate in the program and the court determines that an appropriate treatment program exists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2098"
citation: "California AB 2098 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military personnel: veterans: sentencing: mitigating circumstances."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75761883-fc03-4731-a3cc-6ebcfc32b020"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2098"
source_hash: "870ac9766775cc5461f39c72b48eaad38d963493a4d2d0a28a216901f85aade8"
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 2098 (20132014) — Military personnel: veterans: sentencing: mitigating circumstances.

Existing law requires the court, in the case of any person convicted of a criminal offense who could otherwise be sentenced to county jail or state prison and who alleges that he or she committed the offense as a result of sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, or mental health problems stemming from service in the United States military, to make a determination, prior to sentencing, as to whether the defendant was, or currently is, a member of the United States military and whether the defendant may be suffering from sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, or mental health problems as a result of that service. If the court concludes that the defendant is one of the persons described above, and if the defendant is otherwise eligible for probation and the court places the defendant on probation, the court is authorized to order the defendant into a local, state, federal, or private nonprofit treatment program for a period not to exceed that period which the defendant would have served in state prison or county jail, provided the defendant agrees to participate in the program and the court determines that an appropriate treatment program exists.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2098&version=20130AB209899INT)
2. **03/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2098&version=20130AB209898AMD)
3. **05/29/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2098&version=20130AB209897AMD)
4. **07/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2098&version=20130AB209895CHP)
5. **AB2098** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2098)
6. **07/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2098&version=20130AB209896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2098 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #17 AB2098 Levine By Roth — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2098 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4359.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-05-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4146.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5734.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 163, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75761883-fc03-4731-a3cc-6ebcfc32b020`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).