Existing federal law provides a petition form to request temporary immigration benefits for a person who is a victim of certain qualifying criminal activity. Existing federal law also provides a supplemental form for certifying that a person submitting a petition for immigration benefits 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. Existing federal law provides a separate petition form to request temporary immigration benefits for a person who is a victim of human trafficking. Existing federal law provides a supplemental form for certifying that a person submitting this latter petition is a victim of human trafficking and a declaration as to the person's cooperation regarding an investigation or prosecution of human trafficking.
Existing federal law provides a petition form to request temporary immigration benefits for a person who is a victim of certain qualifying criminal activity. Existing federal law also provides a supplemental form for certifying that a person submitting a petition for immigration benefits 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. Existing federal law provides a separate petition form to request temporary immigration benefits for a person who is a victim of human trafficking. Existing federal law provides a supplemental form for certifying that a person submitting this latter petition is a victim of human trafficking and a declaration as to the person's cooperation regarding an investigation or prosecution of human trafficking.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2426 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 67–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2426 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Reyes — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2020-03-12 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2020-03-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2020-05-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2020-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4679.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2020-08-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 31). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-08-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2020-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5427.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2020-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/587023c6-333d-425d-8499-28967c16f90a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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