---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: payment."
description: "Existing law authorizes a procedure for the state to pay claims against the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1615"
citation: "California AB 1615 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: payment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-06"
last_action: "2014-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a87c1d7c-c0d8-46e5-9547-012a695e3f40"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1615"
source_hash: "a687bccf1d7bd2b795dc7bb01fb55de4980acf0944bf47749d83cd9d739584f8"
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 1615 (20132014) — Claims against the state: payment.

Existing 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. **02/06/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1615&version=20130AB161599INT)
2. **05/15/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1615&version=20130AB161598AMD)
3. **07/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1615&version=20130AB161596CHP)
4. **AB1615** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1615)
5. **07/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1615&version=20130AB161597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1615 GATTO Third Reading Urgency — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **30–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2014-03-13** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 5162.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 4193.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 142, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a87c1d7c-c0d8-46e5-9547-012a695e3f40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).