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Bill	Erroneous conviction and imprisonment: compensation.	Existing law provides that a person who (1) has been convicted of a felony and imprisoned in the state prison or incarcerated in a county jail for that conviction, (2) is granted a pardon by the Governor for specified reasons, and (3) has served the term or any part thereof for which he or she was imprisoned, may present a claim against the state to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for the pecuniary injury sustained by him or her through the erroneous conviction and imprisonment, as specified. Existing law provides an opportunity for the Attorney General to respond to a claim, and for a hearing on the claim, as specified. Existing law provides that if the evidence shows that the crime with which the claimant was charged was either not committed at all, or, if committed, was not committed by the claimant, and that the claimant has sustained pecuniary injury through his or her erroneous conviction and imprisonment, the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board shall report the facts of the case and its conclusions to the Legislature, with a recommendation that an appropriation be made by the Legislature for the purpose of indemnifying the claimant for the pecuniary injury. Existing law provides that the amount of the recommended appropriation shall be a sum equivalent to $100 per day of incarceration served after the claimant was convicted.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 635	California SB 635 (20152016)	bill	Erroneous conviction and imprisonment: compensation.	enacted	Nielsen	6	27	8	2015-02-27	2015-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b24567aa-cd50-4674-915b-b9a043fa8e9f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB635	cdb6d5bf7361589a80e56b9a51f1937bd96bfe2cb3a36175821f89066d4abc43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 635 (20152016) — Erroneous conviction and imprisonment: compensation.

Existing law provides that a person who (1) has been convicted of a felony and imprisoned in the state prison or incarcerated in a county jail for that conviction, (2) is granted a pardon by the Governor for specified reasons, and (3) has served the term or any part thereof for which he or she was imprisoned, may present a claim against the state to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for the pecuniary injury sustained by him or her through the erroneous conviction and imprisonment, as specified. Existing law provides an opportunity for the Attorney General to respond to a claim, and for a hearing on the claim, as specified. Existing law provides that if the evidence shows that the crime with which the claimant was charged was either not committed at all, or, if committed, was not committed by the claimant, and that the claimant has sustained pecuniary injury through his or her erroneous conviction and imprisonment, the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board shall report the facts of the case and its conclusions to the Legislature, with a recommendation that an appropriation be made by the Legislature for the purpose of indemnifying the claimant for the pecuniary injury. Existing law provides that the amount of the recommended appropriation shall be a sum equivalent to $100 per day of incarceration served after the claimant was convicted.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/29/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/01/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB635 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/10/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB635 Nielsen Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 635 Nielsen Senate Third Reading By BONTA — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nielsen — primary (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
• Leno — author (person)
• Monning — coauthor (person)
• Stone — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 730.) (April 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-08 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2015-05-18 May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1157.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1242.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2954.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2669.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
• 2015-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 422, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b24567aa-cd50-4674-915b-b9a043fa8e9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).