republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-56.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victim's compensation: emotional injuries."
description: "Existing law generally 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, including emotional injuries where the crime was a violation of specified provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 56"
citation: "California AB 56 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Victim's compensation", "emotional injuries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lackey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b881f424-7630-4cb5-8c30-6c44b8c1f210"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB56"
source_hash: "46b0dccaa0cb58ca2ae73909c4b57ab400660ac2fb9fb668489da7fdb2d36f48"
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 56 (20232024) — Victim's compensation: emotional injuries.

Existing law generally 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, including emotional injuries where the crime was a violation of specified provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB56&version=20230AB5699INT)
2. **02/09/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB56&version=20230AB5698AMD)
3. **05/04/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB56&version=20230AB5697AMD)
4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB56&version=20230AB5695CHP)
5. **AB56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB56)
6. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB56&version=20230AB5696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 56 Lackey Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB56 Lackey et al. By Ochoa Bogh — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lackey — primary (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-12-06** From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-02-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (February 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1461.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1481.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-29** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ochoa Bogh.
- **2023-08-28** From inactive file.
- **2023-08-28** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2700.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 512, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b881f424-7630-4cb5-8c30-6c44b8c1f210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).