Existing law requires the court to order a person who is convicted of a crime to pay restitution to the victim or victims for the full amount of economic loss, unless the court finds compelling and extraordinary reasons for not doing so and states them on the record. Existing law specifically requires a defendant subject to the aggravated white collar crime enhancement, and a person convicted of a felony involving theft, embezzlement, forgery, or fraud, with respect to the property or personal identifying information of an elder or a dependent adult, to be ordered to make full restitution to the victim or to make restitution to the victim based on his or her ability to pay.
California AB 2295 (20152016) — Restitution for crimes.
Existing law requires the court to order a person who is convicted of a crime to pay restitution to the victim or victims for the full amount of economic loss, unless the court finds compelling and extraordinary reasons for not doing so and states them on the record. Existing law specifically requires a defendant subject to the aggravated white collar crime enhancement, and a person convicted of a felony involving theft, embezzlement, forgery, or fraud, with respect to the property or personal identifying information of an elder or a dependent adult, to be ordered to make full restitution to the victim or to make restitution to the victim based on his or her ability to pay.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2295 BAKER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2295 BAKER Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Baker — primary (person)
Bates — coauthor (person)
Brough — coauthor (person)
Chang — coauthor (person)
Chávez — coauthor (person)
Gallagher — coauthor (person)
Glazer — coauthor (person)
Nielsen — coauthor (person)
Runner — coauthor (person)
Travis Allen — coauthor (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2016-03-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-03-15 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, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-04-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4230.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-04-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-05-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4176.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-06-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5304.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-06-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
2016-06-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-06-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 37, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e57c72b-f02b-4ca5-a81a-c7b262cc8059. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).