---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: appropriation."
description: "Existing law authorizes a procedure for the payment of claims against the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "California SB 124 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: appropriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-01-26"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdba614c-aaf4-456e-a071-46c0509f407f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB124"
source_hash: "b8ae0e54af6a79a10363241aa7ee5eb263d9876466ced8b8d8648a98c25816d2"
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 SB 124 (20112012) — Claims against the state: appropriation.

Existing law authorizes a procedure for the payment of claims against the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/26/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB124&version=20110SB12499INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB124&version=20110SB12498AMD)
3. **08/06/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB124&version=20110SB12497AMD)
4. **08/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB124&version=20110SB12496AMD)
5. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB124&version=20110SB12494CHP)
6. **SB124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB124)
7. **09/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB124&version=20110SB12495ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB124 De León — **22–16** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 124 Kehoe Third Reading Urgency By GATTO — **58–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB124 Kehoe Urgency Clause Concurrence — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-01-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 26.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 621.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-02** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 1112.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 16. Page 1221.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-13** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-17** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
- **2012-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 6466.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-29** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4939.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-08-30** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 5042.) `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2012-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 5069.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 351, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdba614c-aaf4-456e-a071-46c0509f407f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).