---
type: "Bill"
title: "State claims."
description: "State claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2597"
citation: "California AB 2597 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5edc66aa-b41b-46ad-ac56-13c0baf1dd8f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2597"
source_hash: "37d58ee603cda92ecffcd45a19ba610a679da5753aa62118f306725f54c1a335"
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 2597 (20072008) — State claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2597&version=20070AB259799INT)
2. **03/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2597&version=20070AB259798AMD)
3. **06/23/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2597&version=20070AB259796CHP)
4. **AB2597** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2597)
5. **06/10/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2597&version=20070AB259797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2597 LENO Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2597 Leno By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-10** 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`
- **2008-03-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4624.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-04-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4094.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-09** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-06-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2008-06-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 37, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5edc66aa-b41b-46ad-ac56-13c0baf1dd8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).