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AB 1908STATE · CaliforniaIntroduced

Settlement agreements: victims' compensation funding.

Under existing law, if parties to pending litigation settle the matter, the court may enter judgment pursuant to the terms of the settlement and, upon stipulation by the settling parties, dismiss the settling parties without prejudice while retaining jurisdiction over the parties to enforce the settlement. This bill would permit the enforcement, pursuant to the above provision and under specified conditions, of a settlement agreement that resolves a tort claim against a local public entity that is eligible for payment from a victims' compensation fund or other victim-related financial assistance program, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Voted 8/25/2026View source

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

76 yea·0 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 6/25/2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  2. 6/24/2026Ordered to second reading.
  3. 6/24/2026Withdrawn from committee.
  4. 6/24/2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
  5. 6/3/2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
  6. 6/1/2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
  7. 5/6/2026Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV.
  8. 4/23/2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4792.)
  9. 4/23/2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.)
  10. 4/23/2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.