2012 Legislation
Click on the title of any bill for further information from the Legislative Counsel of California.
Bills Sponsored by the Victim Compensation And Government Claims Board (VCGCB)
AB 1531 (Fuentes) — State Claims
VCGCB's first Government Claims Bill of 2012, which will appropriate $859,738.51 to pay 273 claims approved by the Board from June 2011 through December 2011.
Other Bills Affecting the VCGCB
SB 1299 (Wright) — Victims of Crime: Compensation
This bill provides that changes to CalVCP maximum rates and service limitations will not apply to expenses incurred within three months after adoption. It also includes technical changes to CalVCP statutes.
SB 1210 (Lieu) — Restitution: Collection of Fines
This bill enhances restitution collection authority for local jurisdictions to address the implementation of public safety realignment, as follows: (1) authorizes counties to collect up to 50 percent of the wages and trust account deposits of prisoners in county jails and to assess an additional 10 percent administrative fee on the amount owed for costs of collection; (2) requires an individual who violates post-release community supervision or mandatory supervision and is remanded back to jail to pay a revocation fine; (3) allows any portion of a restitution order that remains unsatisfied after a defendant is no longer on post-release community supervision or mandatory supervision to be enforced by the victim as a civil judgment; and (4) allows court-ordered debt over $100 imposed by a juvenile court to be referred to the Franchise Tax Board for collection.
SB 1371 (Anderson) — Victim Restitution: Private Debt Collector
This bill prohibits restitution fines and orders owed by offenders from being converted into prison time served.
Bills Affecting Victim Rights And Services
- AB 1438 (Bradford) — Child abuse reporting.
- AB 1522 (Atkins) — Family law: monetary awards.
- AB 1593 (Ma) — Parole: intimate partner battering.
- AB 1628 (Beall) — Child abuse.
- AB 1682 (Portantino) — Sex offenses: statute of limitations.
- AB 1740 (V. Manuel Pérez) — Employment discrimination: victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
- AB 1835 (Fletcher) — Sex offenders: probation conditions.
- AB 1849 (Carter) — Juveniles: restorative justice.
- AB 1857 (Fong) — Pupils: healthy relationships promotion and teen dating abuse prevention.
- AB 1880 (Lara) — Pupil safety: teen dating abuse prevention.
- AB 1913 (Skinner) — Post-release community supervision: revocation: release on bail.
- AB 1940 (Hill) — Prostitution: human trafficking: sealing and destruction of arrest records.
- AB 2040 (Swanson) — Prostitution: human trafficking: expungement.
- AB 2051 (Campos) — Contempt of court: domestic violence.
- AB 2094 (Butler) — Domestic violence: probation: fee.
- AB 2212 (Block) — Human trafficking: civil penalties.
- AB 2251 (Feuer) — Victim restitution: victim's contact information.
- AB 2293 (Fletcher) — Parole hearings: victim representation.
- AB 2441 (Williams) — Sexual assault treatment and prevention: sexually oriented business tax.
- AB 2466 (Blumenfield) — Human trafficking: seizure of assets.
- AB 2467 (Hueso) — Domestic violence and stalking: GPS monitoring.
- AB 2483 (Blumenfield) — Victims of stalking: address confidentiality.
- AB 2626 (Furutani) — Violent crimes against women: county task forces.
- SB 968 (Wright) — Inmates: electronic monitoring.
- SB 1082 (Corbett) — Protection of victims: address confidentiality.
- SB 1091 (Pavley) — Witness testimony: support persons.
- SB 1133 (Leno) — Human trafficking.
- SB 1177 (Leno) — Restitution for crime victims.
- SB 1193 (Steinberg) — Human trafficking: public posting requirements.
- SB 1264 (Vargas) — Child abuse reporting: mandated reporters.
- SB 1352 (Corbett) — Child abuse: investigation and prosecution: child advocacy centers.
- SB 1379 (Rubio) — Terms of probation: domestic violence.