---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judgments and settlement claims against the state: appropriation."
description: "Judgments and settlement claims against the state: appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1738"
citation: "California AB 1738 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Judgments and settlement claims against the state: appropriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-04-25"
last_action: "2001-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/806409d8-6439-448b-bd6b-c633ea8c8a4e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1738"
source_hash: "15c079760c4c6a25b3984520da6a77118415f3ef95ca726268899cdf89f0dca5"
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 1738 (20012002) — Judgments and settlement claims against the state: appropriation.

## Version chain

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

1. **04/25/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1738&version=20010AB173899INT)
2. **06/18/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1738&version=20010AB173898AMD)
3. **07/17/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1738&version=20010AB173897AMD)
4. **09/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1738&version=20010AB173895CHP)
5. **AB1738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1738)
6. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1738&version=20010AB173896ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1738 Committee on Budget (Cardenas) Lay on Table — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1738 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By Cardenas — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1738 Committee on Budget (Cardenas) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1738 BUDGET Third Reading Urgency By Cardenas — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 258, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 10. Page 3066.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time. Morrow amendments tabled. (Ayes 22. Noes 13.) Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2162.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-07-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 10.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 1.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Budget. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** From printer. May be heard in committee May 26.
- **2001-04-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/806409d8-6439-448b-bd6b-c633ea8c8a4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).