Under existing law, if sufficient appropriations are not available for the payment of certain claims, settlements, or judgments, 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.
California SB 1481 (20232024) — Claims against the state: appropriation.
Under existing law, if sufficient appropriations are not available for the payment of certain claims, settlements, or judgments, 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.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1481 Caballero Third Reading Urgency By Wicks — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Caballero — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2024-02-29 Referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2024-06-11 Set for hearing June 17.
2024-06-12 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
2024-06-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4531.) (June 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-06-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-06-24 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4673.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-06-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-27 Referred to Com. on APPR pursuant to Assembly Rule 51. referral-committee
2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-26 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6503.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2024-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 328, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ce03163-e4a6-48b0-818f-5ee21b26190d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).