republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1504.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Claims and judgments against the state: interest."
description: "(1) Existing law bars a suit for money or damages against a public entity on a cause of action for which a claim is required to be presented, until a written claim has been presented to the public entity and acted upon by the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, the governing body of a local public entity, the Judicial Council, or the Trustees of the California State University, as applicable, or has been deemed to have been rejected, except as specified. Existing law provides that no interest is payable on the amount allowed by the public entity on the claim if payment of the claim is subject to approval of an appropriation by the Legislature. However, if the appropriation is made, interest on the amount appropriated for the payment of the claim commences to accrue 30 days after the effective date of the law by which the appropriation is enacted. Interest on the amount allowed on the claim, if payment of the claim is not subject to approval of an appropriation by the Legislature, commences to accrue 30 days after the claimant accepts in writing the amount allowed on the claim in settlement of the entire claim. Existing law provides that interest accrues at the rate provided for judgments until paid. Existing law permits these terms to be varied upon written agreement of the public entity and the claimant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1504"
citation: "California SB 1504 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Claims and judgments against the state: interest."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/072114a0-5cb3-4f74-8f61-c5244ec1bec4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1504"
source_hash: "78b3ca08c3376bd544f77b1078625c2cfc93d36b6b496f9bc95edb253397792a"
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 1504 (20112012) — Claims and judgments against the state: interest.

(1) Existing law bars a suit for money or damages against a public entity on a cause of action for which a claim is required to be presented, until a written claim has been presented to the public entity and acted upon by the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, the governing body of a local public entity, the Judicial Council, or the Trustees of the California State University, as applicable, or has been deemed to have been rejected, except as specified. Existing law provides that no interest is payable on the amount allowed by the public entity on the claim if payment of the claim is subject to approval of an appropriation by the Legislature. However, if the appropriation is made, interest on the amount appropriated for the payment of the claim commences to accrue 30 days after the effective date of the law by which the appropriation is enacted. Interest on the amount allowed on the claim, if payment of the claim is not subject to approval of an appropriation by the Legislature, commences to accrue 30 days after the claimant accepts in writing the amount allowed on the claim in settlement of the entire claim. Existing law provides that interest accrues at the rate provided for judgments until paid. Existing law permits these terms to be varied upon written agreement of the public entity and the claimant.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1504&version=20110SB150499INT)
2. **04/17/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1504&version=20110SB150498AMD)
3. **06/15/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1504&version=20110SB150496CHP)
4. **SB1504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1504)
5. **06/01/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1504&version=20110SB150497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1504 Kehoe Third Reading Urgency By FUENTES — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **35–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Fuentes — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2012-04-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3144.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 3290.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 5200.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-06-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-06-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 19, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/072114a0-5cb3-4f74-8f61-c5244ec1bec4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).