republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2583.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: payment."
description: "Claims against the state: payment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2583"
citation: "California AB 2583 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: payment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardenas"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/744a88cc-2cf7-4bf8-8ae1-52b23eb9aae0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2583"
source_hash: "7da0627dd0e4de7abd1d6ab33a8e18fdd6ccc98e56cbf771e5586110498e891b"
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 2583 (19992000) — Claims against the state: payment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2583&version=19990AB258399INT)
2. **03/29/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2583&version=19990AB258398AMD)
3. **04/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2583&version=19990AB258397AMD)
4. **06/19/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2583&version=19990AB258396AMD)
5. **08/31/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2583&version=19990AB258395AMD)
6. **09/18/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2583&version=19990AB258393CHP)
7. **AB2583** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2583)
8. **09/01/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2583&version=19990AB258394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2583 CARDENAS CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2583 CARDENAS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Supp 1 AB2583 Cardenas By Johnston — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cardenas — primary (person)
- Johnston — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 480, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2000-09-01** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 63. Noes 3. Page 9073.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 6433.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 6338.) Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6338.)
- **2000-08-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-06-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 6749.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2000-02-25** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/744a88cc-2cf7-4bf8-8ae1-52b23eb9aae0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).