---
type: "Bill"
title: "State claims."
description: "State claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1273"
citation: "California AB 1273 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/680d3fba-45d8-48b8-be42-d167ed933815"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1273"
source_hash: "89ab735c173393fd93ab29e7762a57ced124206cde08f15dc78140085616182d"
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 1273 (20072008) — State claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1273&version=20070AB127399INT)
2. **05/14/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1273&version=20070AB127398AMD)
3. **05/22/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1273&version=20070AB127397AMD)
4. **06/28/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1273&version=20070AB127396AMD)
5. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1273&version=20070AB127394CHP)
6. **AB1273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1273)
7. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1273&version=20070AB127395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1273 LENO Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1273 Leno Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1273 Leno Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1624.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-28** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 2552.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3377.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 509, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/680d3fba-45d8-48b8-be42-d167ed933815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).