---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: appropriation."
description: "Claims against the state: appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1274"
citation: "California AB 1274 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: appropriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/819db663-7963-46a9-b85b-57097c422539"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1274"
source_hash: "3e25b491b72056540df46e9ec6c380ca28e70eafaf3220dd01ed847756e4e644"
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 1274 (20072008) — Claims against the state: appropriation.

## 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=200720080AB1274&version=20070AB127499INT)
2. **07/19/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1274&version=20070AB127498AMD)
3. **08/27/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1274&version=20070AB127497AMD)
4. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1274&version=20070AB127495CHP)
5. **AB1274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1274)
6. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1274&version=20070AB127496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1274 Leno Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1274 LENO Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2007-07-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-19** 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`
- **2007-08-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-27** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Page 2700.).
- **2007-08-27** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 2700.).
- **2007-08-27** Read third time. `reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-27** Amended.
- **2007-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2701.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-08-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 2155.)
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 2559.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-28** 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 510, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/819db663-7963-46a9-b85b-57097c422539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).