republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-392.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State mandates: prorated claims."
description: "The California Constitution, whenever the Legislature or a state agency mandates a new program or higher level of service on any local government, including school districts, requires a subvention of funds to reimburse the local government, with specified exceptions. Existing law requires the Controller to prorate claims if the amount appropriated for reimbursement is not sufficient to pay all of the claims approved by the Controller. Existing law requires the Controller to report to the Department of Finance and various legislative entities when it is necessary to prorate claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 392"
citation: "California AB 392 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State mandates: prorated claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/550ae362-70a9-400e-9209-2cd57ab4e41e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB392"
source_hash: "fa61e0cfc5b81b5980a64c80cee4143bd10b87e9e7aa27323d3e89edab05183c"
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 392 (20132014) — State mandates: prorated claims.

The California Constitution, whenever the Legislature or a state agency mandates a new program or higher level of service on any local government, including school districts, requires a subvention of funds to reimburse the local government, with specified exceptions. Existing law requires the Controller to prorate claims if the amount appropriated for reimbursement is not sufficient to pay all of the claims approved by the Controller. Existing law requires the Controller to report to the Department of Finance and various legislative entities when it is necessary to prorate claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB392&version=20130AB39299INT)
2. **06/05/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB392&version=20130AB39298AMD)
3. **08/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB392&version=20130AB39296CHP)
4. **AB392** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB392)
5. **07/10/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB392&version=20130AB39297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB392 Jones-Sawyer — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 392 JONES-SAWYER Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 392 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1341.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1607.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-07-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2286.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 77, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/550ae362-70a9-400e-9209-2cd57ab4e41e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).