---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: payment."
description: "Existing law authorizes a procedure for the state to pay claims against the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1558"
citation: "California SB 1558 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: payment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ab445fa-d08d-46bf-b366-baa606239adc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1558"
source_hash: "225810f18bc1b006dac568efef8d2a23f0765b9e09148668343e393ac66c49c6"
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 1558 (20112012) — Claims against the state: payment.

Existing law authorizes 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. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1558&version=20110SB155899INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1558&version=20110SB155898AMD)
3. **06/15/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1558&version=20110SB155896CHP)
4. **SB1558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1558)
5. **06/01/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1558&version=20110SB155897ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 1558 Kehoe Third Reading Urgency By FUENTES — **61–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2012-04-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3144.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 3396.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 8. Page 5201.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-06-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-06-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 20, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ab445fa-d08d-46bf-b366-baa606239adc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).