republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-1213.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restitution: priority."
description: "The California Constitution entitles the victim of a crime to restitution. Existing law requires the court in each criminal case to order a convicted defendant to pay full restitution to the victim and a separate restitution fine, as specified. Existing law makes a restitution order in a case in which a victim suffered economic loss as a result of the defendant's conduct, as specified, enforceable as if it were a civil judgment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1213"
citation: "California AB 1213 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Restitution", "priority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stefani"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83f85657-1d7e-4ca3-8b89-d5017f6e3af8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1213"
source_hash: "09e17357318ca418e2978da64e5eb1bd4b8ab406954ecb6042cb3bb8e501ff36"
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 1213 (20252026) — Restitution: priority.

The California Constitution entitles the victim of a crime to restitution. Existing law requires the court in each criminal case to order a convicted defendant to pay full restitution to the victim and a separate restitution fine, as specified. Existing law makes a restitution order in a case in which a victim suffered economic loss as a result of the defendant's conduct, as specified, enforceable as if it were a civil judgment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1213&version=20250AB121399INT)
2. **03/19/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1213&version=20250AB121398AMD)
3. **07/03/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1213&version=20250AB121397AMD)
4. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1213&version=20250AB121395CHP)
5. **AB1213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1213)
6. **09/08/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1213&version=20250AB121396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1213 Stefani Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1213 Stefani Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1213 Stefani By Caballero — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stefani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2025-03-19** 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`
- **2025-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1387.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-27** From Consent Calendar.
- **2025-06-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-07-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2389.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2911.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83f85657-1d7e-4ca3-8b89-d5017f6e3af8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).