Existing federal law provides a Form I-914, Petition for T Nonimmigrant Status (Form I-914) to request temporary immigration benefits for a person who is a victim of certain qualifying criminal activity. Existing federal law also provides a form for certifying that a person submitting a Form I-914 is a victim of human trafficking and a declaration as to cooperation by the person regarding investigating or prosecuting trafficking (Form I-914 Supplement B) .
California AB 2027 (20152016) — Victims of crime: nonimmigrant status.
Existing federal law provides a Form I-914, Petition for T Nonimmigrant Status (Form I-914) to request temporary immigration benefits for a person who is a victim of certain qualifying criminal activity. Existing federal law also provides a form for certifying that a person submitting a Form I-914 is a victim of human trafficking and a declaration as to cooperation by the person regarding investigating or prosecuting trafficking (Form I-914 Supplement B) .
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2027 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–1 (pass) · lower
AB 2027 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2027 Quirk By De León — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Quirk — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2016-02-29 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
2016-03-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 29). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-03-31 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5082.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5121.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 6190.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 749, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f01aa84a-c119-4063-821a-3ce8699db73f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).