---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state."
description: "Existing law generally requires the Attorney General to pay certain judgments against the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1773"
citation: "California AB 1773 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Appropriations"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8df7062b-c594-46a9-9c92-baa8cef90c60"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1773"
source_hash: "0b721c091fb2bffa37a71d303db90905472dd155b87d29dabe0ade02ebfcd45d"
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 1773 (20172018) — Claims against the state.

Existing law generally 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. **01/04/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1773&version=20170AB177399INT)
2. **05/21/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1773&version=20170AB177398AMD)
3. **07/09/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1773&version=20170AB177396CHP)
4. **AB1773** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1773)
5. **07/03/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1773&version=20170AB177397ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1773 APPR. (Gonzalez Fletcher) Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1773 APPR. Third Reading Urgency By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-05** From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
- **2018-01-22** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-21** 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`
- **2018-05-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5303.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5035.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2018-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 67, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8df7062b-c594-46a9-9c92-baa8cef90c60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).