---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: appropriation."
description: "Claims against the state: appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1302"
citation: "California AB 1302 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: appropriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09374534-387e-4137-bb0f-72b50b5630c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1302"
source_hash: "d1b632eb06d8ab5ee6fbac13d19166ab52742a5350ca524ea0c9fde6734c516b"
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 1302 (20032004) — Claims against the state: appropriation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1302&version=20030AB130299INT)
2. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1302&version=20030AB130298AMD)
3. **07/09/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1302&version=20030AB130297AMD)
4. **09/12/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1302&version=20030AB130296AMD)
5. **09/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1302&version=20030AB130294CHP)
6. **AB1302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1302)
7. **09/13/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1302&version=20030AB130295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1302 simitian assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Sher — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 475, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2003-09-13** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3947.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 5. Page 2583.). `passage, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-3, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2003-07-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-09** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 1548.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 4.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (April 7). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09374534-387e-4137-bb0f-72b50b5630c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).