---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: payment."
description: "Existing law establishes a procedure for the state to pay claims against the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 164"
citation: "California AB 164 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: payment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gomez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-01-21"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d673943-811d-41c8-85c8-21f551fc5297"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB164"
source_hash: "40b19d143e24ac34d53c2d1bfbc617a37b2a17558ceb7da3e21a7d0263514642"
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 164 (20152016) — Claims against the state: payment.

Existing law establishes 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. **01/21/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB164&version=20150AB16499INT)
2. **07/15/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB164&version=20150AB16498AMD)
3. **08/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB164&version=20150AB16497AMD)
4. **09/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB164&version=20150AB16496AMD)
5. **10/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB164&version=20150AB16494CHP)
6. **AB164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB164)
7. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB164&version=20150AB16495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB164 Gomez By Lara Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 164 GOMEZ Third Reading Urgency — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 164 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gomez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **2015-02-02** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2566.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-08-26** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Joint Rule 61(a)(12) suspended. (Page 2430.)
- **2015-09-02** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2430.)
- **2015-09-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2619.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2015-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3073.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 394, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d673943-811d-41c8-85c8-21f551fc5297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).