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type: "Bill"
title: "Victims of crime."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2426"
citation: "California AB 2426 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victims of crime."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-19"
last_action: "2020-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/587023c6-333d-425d-8499-28967c16f90a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2426"
source_hash: "5fb4706a59666ea3dbdeb1954257d411507850bad643287636098722f9aaba60"
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 AB 2426 (20192020) — Victims of crime.
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.
1. **02/19/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2426&version=20190AB242699INT)
2. **03/12/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2426&version=20190AB242698AMD)
3. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2426&version=20190AB242697AMD)
4. **08/25/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2426&version=20190AB242696AMD)
5. **09/27/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2426&version=20190AB242694CHP)
6. **AB2426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2426)
7. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2426&version=20190AB242695ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB2426 Reyes By Caballero — **322** (pass) · upper
- AB 2426 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **670** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **51** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **80** (pass) · lower
- AB 2426 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — **700** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/587023c6-333d-425d-8499-28967c16f90a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).