---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: appropriation."
description: "Current law authorizes a procedure for the state to pay claims against the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 93"
citation: "California AB 93 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: appropriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De Leon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2009-01-06"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8745076e-c418-48dc-a6cd-6202f54f7056"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB93"
source_hash: "73eecf883590233da95560a6b020683d831164ed042e745b0fe89627aeee75a8"
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 93 (20092010) — Claims against the state: appropriation.

Current law authorizes a procedure for the state to pay claims against the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/06/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB93&version=20090AB9399INT)
2. **03/31/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB93&version=20090AB9398AMD)
3. **04/29/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB93&version=20090AB9397AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB93&version=20090AB9395CHP)
5. **AB93** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB93)
6. **08/27/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB93&version=20090AB9396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 93 DE LEON Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB93 De Leon Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De Leon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-07** From printer. May be heard in committee February 6.
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1448.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 1919.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-25** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:15 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 219, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8745076e-c418-48dc-a6cd-6202f54f7056`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).