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Bill	The False Claims Act.	The False Claims Act provides that a person who commits any one of several enumerated acts relating to the submission to the state or a political subdivision of the state a false claim for money, property, or services, as specified, shall be liable to the state or political subdivision for certain damages and for a civil penalty, as specified. Existing law authorizes a person to bring a civil action for damages resulting from fraudulent claims against the state or a political subdivision, and to share in the recovery. Existing law prohibits employers from engaging in certain acts that prevent employees from disclosing information to the government or law enforcement agency or from acting in furtherance of a false claims action. Existing law requires that a civil action for a false claim be filed within a specified time period.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2492	California AB 2492 (20112012)	bill	The False Claims Act.	enacted	Blumenfield	6	22	7	2012-02-24	2012-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/341cce68-fd25-45fc-9488-e73dc6ca1425	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2492	0e8d24236a525a9253f61f7933fe8d3470bb89e4f1f9d09e3b2cbe5c51118839	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2492 (20112012) — The False Claims Act.

The False Claims Act provides that a person who commits any one of several enumerated acts relating to the submission to the state or a political subdivision of the state a false claim for money, property, or services, as specified, shall be liable to the state or political subdivision for certain damages and for a civil penalty, as specified. Existing law authorizes a person to bring a civil action for damages resulting from fraudulent claims against the state or a political subdivision, and to share in the recovery. Existing law prohibits employers from engaging in certain acts that prevent employees from disclosing information to the government or law enforcement agency or from acting in furtherance of a false claims action. Existing law requires that a civil action for a false claim be filed within a specified time period.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/18/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2492 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/20/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2492 Blumenfield By Kehoe — 24–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 2492 BLUMENFIELD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 49–27 (pass) · lower
• AB 2492 BLUMENFIELD Assembly Third Reading — 46–26 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blumenfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-15 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2012-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 26. Page 4669.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-17 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2012-06-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-07-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 4476.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-16 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 5958.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:05 p.m.
• 2012-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 647, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/341cce68-fd25-45fc-9488-e73dc6ca1425. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).