republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1715.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State claims."
description: "Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to report to the Legislature when there is no sufficient appropriation available for the payment of a claim against the state accepted by the board. Existing law requires claimants to pay a fee of $25 to file a claim against the state. Existing law also authorizes the board to assess a surcharge in an amount not to exceed 15% of the total approved claim. The fee and surcharge are to be deposited into the General Fund and may be appropriated in support of the board, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1715"
citation: "California AB 1715 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-02"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82e9bf22-9bf5-4ca9-ab70-e3ef77b1b34e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1715"
source_hash: "49c5566d68e4c6c64a2c2e1bd5a61d6c27ee3e458906724ee3a588b79bb06c3e"
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 1715 (20092010) — State claims.

Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to report to the Legislature when there is no sufficient appropriation available for the payment of a claim against the state accepted by the board. Existing law requires claimants to pay a fee of $25 to file a claim against the state. Existing law also authorizes the board to assess a surcharge in an amount not to exceed 15% of the total approved claim. The fee and surcharge are to be deposited into the General Fund and may be appropriated in support of the board, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1715&version=20090AB171599INT)
2. **04/07/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1715&version=20090AB171598AMD)
3. **05/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1715&version=20090AB171597AMD)
4. **07/01/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1715&version=20090AB171596AMD)
5. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1715&version=20090AB171594CHP)
6. **AB1715** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1715)
7. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1715&version=20090AB171595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1715 FUENTES Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1715 Fuentes Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1715 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fuentes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2010-03-25** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-05** (Corrected May 24.)
- **2010-05-05** (Corrected May 25.)
- **2010-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5282.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 5. Page 4579.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6444.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:20 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 576, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82e9bf22-9bf5-4ca9-ab70-e3ef77b1b34e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).