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type: "Bill"
title: "Crime victims: compensation for pecuniary loss."
description: "Existing law generally provides for the reimbursement of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered as a result of those crimes. Existing law, until January 1, 2017, authorizes the board to grant from the fund for pecuniary losses, when the board determines it will best aid the person seeking compensation, reimbursement for outpatient psychiatric, psychological, or other mental health counseling-related expenses incurred by the victim or derivative victim, as specified. Existing law sets forth eligibility requirements and limits on the amount of compensation the board may award, and requires the application for compensation to be verified under penalty of perjury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1324"
citation: "California SB 1324 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Crime victims: compensation for pecuniary loss."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/589f5262-5608-409d-b861-2e3a605f7c50"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1324"
source_hash: "cc5f26079273fa948bae2f1ab0a970133dfebc66a6058614d5ee2c5157cfd05c"
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 SB 1324 (20152016) — Crime victims: compensation for pecuniary loss.
Existing law generally provides for the reimbursement of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered as a result of those crimes. Existing law, until January 1, 2017, authorizes the board to grant from the fund for pecuniary losses, when the board determines it will best aid the person seeking compensation, reimbursement for outpatient psychiatric, psychological, or other mental health counseling-related expenses incurred by the victim or derivative victim, as specified. Existing law sets forth eligibility requirements and limits on the amount of compensation the board may award, and requires the application for compensation to be verified under penalty of perjury.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1324&version=20150SB132499INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1324&version=20150SB132498AMD)
3. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1324&version=20150SB132497AMD)
4. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1324&version=20150SB132495CHP)
5. **SB1324** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1324)
6. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1324&version=20150SB132496ENR)
## Votes
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **390** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1324 Hancock Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **60** (pass) · upper
- SB 1324 Hancock Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **790** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hancock — primary (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-01** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3522.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3630.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-23** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2016-08-04** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2016-08-08** From inactive file.
- **2016-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6020.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-23** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5268.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Set for hearing August 25.
- **2016-08-25** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 5438.) `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5492.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 730, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/589f5262-5608-409d-b861-2e3a605f7c50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).