Victims of crime: restitution: military sexual assault.
Existing law authorizes the compensation of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered as a result of those crimes. Existing law sets forth eligibility requirements and specified limits on the amount of compensation the board may award. Existing law requires the board to deny an application if the board finds that the victim or derivative victim failed to cooperate reasonably with a law enforcement agency in the apprehension and conviction of a criminal committing the crime. However, existing law specifies that an application for compensation cannot be denied pursuant to that provision solely on the basis of specified behavior by the victim, such as failure to make a police report.
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20132014
AB 2545
California AB 2545 (20132014)
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Victims of crime: restitution: military sexual assault.
California AB 2545 (20132014) — Victims of crime: restitution: military sexual assault.
Existing law authorizes the compensation of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered as a result of those crimes. Existing law sets forth eligibility requirements and specified limits on the amount of compensation the board may award. Existing law requires the board to deny an application if the board finds that the victim or derivative victim failed to cooperate reasonably with a law enforcement agency in the apprehension and conviction of a criminal committing the crime. However, existing law specifies that an application for compensation cannot be denied pursuant to that provision solely on the basis of specified behavior by the victim, such as failure to make a police report.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2545 LOWENTHAL Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2545 Lowenthal By Jackson — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2545 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lowenthal — primary (person)
DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (person)
Mullin — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Williams — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2014-03-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-04-30 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4851.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-05-22 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-06-05 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
2014-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-30 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2014-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4551.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2014-08-20 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6215.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2014-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 506, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/140484a4-5df3-403c-8743-8aad87a56efc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).