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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Victims of crime: restitution: military sexual assault."
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description: "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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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 2545"
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citation: "California AB 2545 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Victims of crime: restitution: military sexual assault."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2014-02-21"
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last_action: "2014-09-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/140484a4-5df3-403c-8743-8aad87a56efc"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2545"
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source_hash: "d435fcdc19c5ff0eef911f7f9552f71b0787a9a6593becb6458c710c8d8e9ab0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2545 (20132014) — Victims of crime: restitution: military sexual assault.
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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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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2545&version=20130AB254599INT)
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2. **06/05/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2545&version=20130AB254598AMD)
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3. **09/20/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2545&version=20130AB254596CHP)
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4. **AB2545** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2545)
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5. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2545&version=20130AB254597ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2545 LOWENTHAL Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB2545 Lowenthal By Jackson — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2545 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lowenthal — primary (person)
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- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
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- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
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- Mullin — coauthor (person)
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- Skinner — coauthor (person)
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- Ting — coauthor (person)
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- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
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- Williams — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
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- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2014-03-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4851.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4551.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2014-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6215.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2014-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2014-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 506, Statutes of 2014.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/140484a4-5df3-403c-8743-8aad87a56efc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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