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AB 1213: Restitution: priority.
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2025-10-01
Current Status:
Passed
(2025-10-01: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2025.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Enacted
Version:
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 defendants 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.
