republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1232.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victims of crime: application for compensation."
description: "Existing law provides for the compensation 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 requires an application for compensation to be filed within certain time periods, including within 3 years after the victim attains 18 years of age, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1232"
citation: "California SB 1232 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Victims of crime: application for compensation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac76f0f7-7e35-498d-a29e-585f72cb2a29"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232"
source_hash: "a81ffd8d369f6860c0f3083add48dcc242854b89f6b5433e5786c5552686cbbc"
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 1232 (20172018) — Victims of crime: application for compensation.

Existing law provides for the compensation 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 requires an application for compensation to be filed within certain time periods, including within 3 years after the victim attains 18 years of age, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232&version=20170SB123299INT)
2. **07/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232&version=20170SB123298AMD)
3. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232&version=20170SB123296CHP)
4. **SB1232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232)
5. **08/21/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1232&version=20170SB123297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1232 Bradford Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, E. — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1232 Bradford Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4628.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-13** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2018-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4769.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4834.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2018-07-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-07-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6304.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5427.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 983, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac76f0f7-7e35-498d-a29e-585f72cb2a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).