---
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 1693"
citation: "California AB 1693 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: payment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-01-21"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e425805-ec0b-4a49-9e02-982cd01c6775"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1693"
source_hash: "43db03f8c87f6bcf7e40bfed7dbc6c3d9acd50385847008a68fe462f45c5dc1f"
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 1693 (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. **01/21/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1693&version=20150AB169399INT)
2. **05/10/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1693&version=20150AB169398AMD)
3. **07/01/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1693&version=20150AB169396CHP)
4. **AB1693** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1693)
5. **06/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1693&version=20150AB169397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1693 Gonzalez By Lara Urgency Clause — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1693 GONZALEZ Third Reading Urgency — **69–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **2016-02-08** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-10** 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`
- **2016-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 4898.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 4547.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2016-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 46, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e425805-ec0b-4a49-9e02-982cd01c6775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).