---
type: "Bill"
title: "State claims."
description: "State claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 3118"
citation: "California AB 3118 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2004-05-28"
last_action: "2004-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b244eec-1c8d-4f5f-9f03-c1f746bd0f3e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3118"
source_hash: "ad78131890249e0d8f64a64b0baee293dfbde6e2c4b49cd88c2133562625c681"
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 3118 (20032004) — State claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **05/28/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3118&version=20030AB311899INT)
2. **08/04/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3118&version=20030AB311898AMD)
3. **09/10/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3118&version=20030AB311896CHP)
4. **AB3118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3118)
5. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3118&version=20030AB311897ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab3118 chu by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 3118 chu third reading urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 475, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 5333.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-16** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 4963.)
- **2004-08-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6951.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-28** Action rescinded whereby the bill was reported from committee with a recommendation of "Do Pass" on July 1. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-02** July 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 19, 23, 27, retains place by unanimous consent.
- **2004-07-01** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6635.) From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6587.)
- **2004-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-01** From printer. May be heard in committee July 1.
- **2004-05-28** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. 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/0b244eec-1c8d-4f5f-9f03-c1f746bd0f3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).