republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1358.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State claims."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1358"
citation: "California SB 1358 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ef938e7-d3df-497e-8e64-a1b825b3be79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1358"
source_hash: "f6f4ee64d8751e7ae7e08d913f3e905f295b8f6ce3d208490028dc6ea1cd8618"
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 1358 (20212022) — State claims.

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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1358&version=20210SB135899INT)
2. **06/21/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1358&version=20210SB135898AMD)
3. **08/22/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1358&version=20210SB135897AMD)
4. **09/18/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1358&version=20210SB135895CHP)
5. **SB1358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1358)
6. **09/08/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1358&version=20210SB135896ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1358 Portantino Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1358 Portantino Third Reading Urgency By Holden — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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`
- **2022-06-21** 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`
- **2022-06-23** Set for hearing June 27.
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4440.) (June 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4570.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-08-04** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5384.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 426, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ef938e7-d3df-497e-8e64-a1b825b3be79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).