Bill Commons

CA AB 1213

enacted

Restitution: priority.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1213 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1213 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1213 about?

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. This bill, the Restitution First Act, would also require that a restitution order be paid before all fines, restitution fines, penalty assessments, and other fees, as specified. The bill would also make nonsubstantive, conforming changes.

Who sponsors CA AB 1213?

Stefani is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1213.

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. This bill, the Restitution First Act, would also require that a restitution order be paid before all fines, restitution fines, penalty assessments, and other fees, as specified. The bill would also make nonsubstantive, conforming changes.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Stefaniauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-04

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2911.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-09-02

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2389.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-07-07

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  8. 2025-07-03

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

    amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  9. 2025-06-27

    Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-3

  10. 2025-06-27

    From Consent Calendar.

  11. 2025-06-24

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  12. 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-1,reading-2

  13. 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

  14. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-05-01

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  16. 2025-05-01

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1387.)

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  17. 2025-04-24

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  18. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).

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  19. 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.

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  20. 2025-03-20

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-03-19

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

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  22. 2025-03-19

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  23. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

    reading-1

  25. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  26. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/19/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-19Compare
  • 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
  • 09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • AB1213Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-08 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Mark González: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Alanis: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-04-23 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes

  • AB 1213 Stefani Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-01 · pass · 76-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Bains: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • McKinnor: other
    • Papan: other
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-10 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Wiener: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB1213 Stefani By Caballero

    2025-09-02 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • AB 1213 Stefani Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-04 · pass · 78-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Ahrens: other

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