republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-651.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile conduct: victims."
description: "Existing law provides that a minor who violates a criminal law may be adjudged to be a ward of the court. Existing law generally requires that the minor pay a restitution fine to be deposited into the Restitution Fund and restitution to any victim of his or her conduct. Existing law defines a victim to include the immediate surviving family of the actual victim and governmental entities, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 651"
citation: "California SB 651 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juvenile conduct: victims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bab84106-51af-4baf-a1c0-164e7d419442"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB651"
source_hash: "8b2dd4ef20d7f6633ceb1d04bcb31ca966ccf317e8868983f1a144185955d2d2"
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 651 (20152016) — Juvenile conduct: victims.

Existing law provides that a minor who violates a criminal law may be adjudged to be a ward of the court. Existing law generally requires that the minor pay a restitution fine to be deposited into the Restitution Fund and restitution to any victim of his or her conduct. Existing law defines a victim to include the immediate surviving family of the actual victim and governmental entities, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB651&version=20150SB65199INT)
2. **04/29/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB651&version=20150SB65198AMD)
3. **06/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB651&version=20150SB65197AMD)
4. **07/16/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB651&version=20150SB65195CHP)
5. **SB651** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB651)
6. **07/07/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB651&version=20150SB65196ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #1 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 651 Leyva Senate Third Reading By COOLEY — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #4 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leyva — primary (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 Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 730.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4.
- **2015-04-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-04-30** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-13** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1030.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-22** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2175.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-07-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-07-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1791.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 131, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bab84106-51af-4baf-a1c0-164e7d419442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).