Under existing law, if sufficient appropriations are not available for the payment of claims, settlements, or judgments against the state arising from an action in which the state is represented by the Attorney General, the Attorney General is required 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 cause introduction of legislation appropriating the funds necessary for payment of the claims, settlements, or judgments.
California SB 1355 (20212022) — Claims against the state: appropriation.
Under existing law, if sufficient appropriations are not available for the payment of claims, settlements, or judgments against the state arising from an action in which the state is represented by the Attorney General, the Attorney General is required 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 cause introduction of legislation appropriating the funds necessary for payment of the claims, settlements, or judgments.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-18 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-22 From printer.
2022-03-09 Referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2022-05-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-05-09 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3650.) (May 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3702.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-27 Referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-06-29 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5626.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-06-30 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2022-06-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-06-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-06-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 74, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6714d3eb-bb93-408b-92b0-e1b1ae4d2d19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).