republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-418.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims against the state: appropriation."
description: "Existing law requires the Attorney General, when there is not a sufficient appropriation for the payment of certain claims, settlements, or judgments, to report the claims, settlements, and judgments to the chairperson of either the Senate Committee on Appropriations or the Assembly Committee on Appropriations, who is then required to introduce legislation appropriating necessary funds for payment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 418"
citation: "California SB 418 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Claims against the state: appropriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba7ca4d-f57b-483f-903c-abd2cd914846"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB418"
source_hash: "3fc45f57a5de9f9321278a7e5007999770de9416f3aac8b94c7de71a81efc9f3"
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 418 (20192020) — Claims against the state: appropriation.

Existing law requires the Attorney General, when there is not a sufficient appropriation for the payment of certain claims, settlements, or judgments, to report the claims, settlements, and judgments to the chairperson of either the Senate Committee on Appropriations or the Assembly Committee on Appropriations, who is then required to introduce legislation appropriating necessary funds for payment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB418&version=20190SB41899INT)
2. **04/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB418&version=20190SB41898AMD)
3. **04/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB418&version=20190SB41897AMD)
4. **06/13/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB418&version=20190SB41896AMD)
5. **07/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB418&version=20190SB41894CHP)
6. **SB418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB418)
7. **07/15/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB418&version=20190SB41895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 418 Portantino Third Reading Urgency By Gonzalez — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent (Urgency Clause) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2019-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 598.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 917.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2490.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-07-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-07-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2055.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 147, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cba7ca4d-f57b-483f-903c-abd2cd914846`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).