---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: payment."
description: "Current law authorizes a procedure for the state to pay claims against the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 234"
citation: "California AB 234 (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: "2013-02-05"
last_action: "2013-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2110887-8a6e-49fa-b6aa-d2d06d271a2c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB234"
source_hash: "87ee023649c6153887ccd22591af2620646cd5b8f0ae69f03564728fcc09a324"
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 234 (20132014) — Claims against the state: payment.

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. **02/05/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB234&version=20130AB23499INT)
2. **08/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB234&version=20130AB23498AMD)
3. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB234&version=20130AB23496CHP)
4. **AB234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB234)
5. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB234&version=20130AB23497ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB234 Gatto By De León Urgency Clause — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 234 GATTO Third Reading Urgency — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2013-08-05** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-05** 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`
- **2013-08-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 2591.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 2328.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 449, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2110887-8a6e-49fa-b6aa-d2d06d271a2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).