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type: "Bill"
title: "State claims: California Victim Compensation Board."
description: "Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation Board, in cases in which evidence shows that a crime with which a claimant was charged was either not committed at all, or not committed by the claimant, to report the facts of the case and its conclusions to the Legislature with a recommendation that the Legislature make an appropriation for the purpose of indemnifying the claimant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 631"
citation: "California SB 631 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State claims: California Victim Compensation Board."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f170bd42-98b4-4fcd-8a0c-0fe988afb4bf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB631"
source_hash: "2ad07562a8d65708bac7350542a55f32d912b12bdfbb3cb81eb93800fc7cdfc6"
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 631 (20212022) — State claims: California Victim Compensation Board.
Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation Board, in cases in which evidence shows that a crime with which a claimant was charged was either not committed at all, or not committed by the claimant, to report the facts of the case and its conclusions to the Legislature with a recommendation that the Legislature make an appropriation for the purpose of indemnifying the claimant.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB631&version=20210SB63199INT)
2. **07/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB631&version=20210SB63198AMD)
3. **09/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB631&version=20210SB63196CHP)
4. **SB631** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB631)
5. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB631&version=20210SB63197ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 631 Portantino Third Reading Urgency By Lorena Gonzalez — **780** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Portantino — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-21** Set for hearing August 16.
- **2021-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2045.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2073.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-08-23** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-23** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 14. Page 2453.)
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2610.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2021-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 185, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f170bd42-98b4-4fcd-8a0c-0fe988afb4bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).