---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: appropriation."
description: "Existing law requires the Attorney General to pay certain judgments against the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 371"
citation: "California SB 371 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: appropriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ef69f8f-a176-4609-9a75-d52f90b2f096"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB371"
source_hash: "9530c1f72bda277cb4a5ee87c5aa0925c0ad4e34e0030afdb6baee391389134e"
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 371 (20132014) — Claims against the state: appropriation.

Existing law requires the Attorney General to pay certain judgments against the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB371&version=20130SB37199INT)
2. **04/10/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB371&version=20130SB37198AMD)
3. **06/17/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB371&version=20130SB37196CHP)
4. **SB371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB371)
5. **05/31/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB371&version=20130SB37197ENR)

## Votes

- SB 371 De León Third Reading Urgency By GATTO — **58–14** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB371 De León Urgency Clause — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De León — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 534.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 709.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-06** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 14. Page 1834.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-03** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-06-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2013-06-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 9, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ef69f8f-a176-4609-9a75-d52f90b2f096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).