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type: "Bill"
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title: "Claims against the state: appropriation."
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description: "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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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 251"
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citation: "California SB 251 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Claimsagainstthestate", "appropriation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-03"
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last_action: "2025-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de44dbef-d587-4830-8c25-f3ffcfcf5758"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB251"
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source_hash: "5bf22cd83f6ecbc4afdbd860b929406af49a24e072099c4a0eb1d3101ab12702"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 251 (20252026) — Claims against the state: appropriation.
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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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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/03/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB251&version=20250SB25199INT)
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2. **04/01/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB251&version=20250SB25198AMD)
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3. **04/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB251&version=20250SB25197AMD)
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4. **07/30/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB251&version=20250SB25195CHP)
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5. **SB251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB251)
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6. **07/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB251&version=20250SB25196ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 251 Caballero Third Reading Urgency By Wicks — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Caballero — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
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- **2025-02-14** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** Set for hearing April 7.
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- **2025-04-01** 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`
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- **2025-04-03** April 7 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2025-04-10** 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`
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- **2025-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 808.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 886.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-12** Referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** May 21 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-07-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2593.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-07-17** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2025-07-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2025-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 90, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de44dbef-d587-4830-8c25-f3ffcfcf5758`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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