---
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: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 302"
citation: "California SB 302 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: appropriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd4c3aaa-e4c9-472f-b99c-eb9c811c7723"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB302"
source_hash: "d71a90eac618c841cf553c21ec770f172922862e3366da2f78f2f91fbc098ea8"
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 302 (20152016) — 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. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB302&version=20150SB30299INT)
2. **04/20/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB302&version=20150SB30298AMD)
3. **05/07/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB302&version=20150SB30297AMD)
4. **06/05/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB302&version=20150SB30295CHP)
5. **SB302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB302)
6. **06/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB302&version=20150SB30296ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 302 Lara Third Reading Urgency By GOMEZ — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2015-04-21** April 27 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4.
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 884.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 951.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2015-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1673.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-06-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-06-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 5, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd4c3aaa-e4c9-472f-b99c-eb9c811c7723`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).