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type: "Bill"
title: "Victims of crime: nonimmigrant status."
description: "Existing federal law provides a Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status (Form I-918) 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-918 is a victim of certain qualifying criminal activity and is, has been, or is likely to be helpful in the investigation or prosecution of that criminal activity (Form I-918 Supplement B) ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 674"
citation: "California SB 674 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victims of crime: nonimmigrant status."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7781a5b4-0e98-41bf-87a0-62f2d5a3fa69"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB674"
source_hash: "f8fd0e5caab58f3a05ae079e768b9bae6a681bca3634b607348a4b1bfb3f6a8a"
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 674 (20152016) — Victims of crime: nonimmigrant status.
Existing federal law provides a Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status (Form I-918) 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-918 is a victim of certain qualifying criminal activity and is, has been, or is likely to be helpful in the investigation or prosecution of that criminal activity (Form I-918 Supplement B) .
## 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=201520160SB674&version=20150SB67499INT)
2. **10/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB674&version=20150SB67497CHP)
3. **SB674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB674)
4. **09/04/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB674&version=20150SB67498ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 674 De León Senate Third Reading By ATKINS — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **61** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB674 De León — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- De León — primary (person)
- Atkins — principal 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 Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-27** 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.
- **2015-05-04** May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 1158.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1209.) 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. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2857.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 721, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7781a5b4-0e98-41bf-87a0-62f2d5a3fa69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).