---
type: "Bill"
title: "Structured settlement payment rights."
description: "Structured settlement payment rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 268"
citation: "California AB 268 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Structured settlement payment rights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28af138a-f898-49d1-8312-aff01a9f5092"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB268"
source_hash: "cc07381b35d875c81e681d8ef701f19b7e6095d5f09b918406759c0afed946f3"
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 268 (20012002) — Structured settlement payment rights.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB268&version=20010AB26899INT)
2. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB268&version=20010AB26898AMD)
3. **08/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB268&version=20010AB26897AMD)
4. **10/09/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB268&version=20010AB26895CHP)
5. **AB268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB268)
6. **08/31/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB268&version=20010AB26896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 268 Wayne Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB268 Wayne By Ackerman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 268 Wayne Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 624, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 65. Noes 11. Page 3342.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 2520.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-08-21** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended (Standing Committee on Judiciary).
- **2001-07-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 13. Page 1532.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 3.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1005.)
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2001-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28af138a-f898-49d1-8312-aff01a9f5092`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).