CA SB 251
enactedClaims against the state: appropriation.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 251 pass?
Yes. CA SB 251 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-07-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 90, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 251 about?
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. This bill would appropriate $1,221,491.30 from the General Fund to the Attorney General for the payment of claims, settlements, or judgments against the state arising from 3 specified actions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors CA SB 251?
Caballero is the primary sponsor of CA SB 251.
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. This bill would appropriate $1,221,491.30 from the General Fund to the Attorney General for the payment of claims, settlements, or judgments against the state arising from 3 specified actions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-03
- Latest action
- 2025-07-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 90, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill,appropriation
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Caballeroauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-07-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 90, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-07-30
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-07-25
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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2025-07-17
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-07-17
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2593.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-07-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-07-02
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2).
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2025-05-21
May 21 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-05-12
Referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-24
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-04-24
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 886.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-04-22
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-04-21
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 808.) (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.
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2025-04-04
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-03
April 7 hearing postponed by committee.
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
2025-03-28
Set for hearing April 7.
2025-02-14
Referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-02-04
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
2025-02-03
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes
Do pass
2025-04-21 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)
2025-04-24 · pass · 28-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grove: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Wahab: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Stern: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Becker: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Choi: other
- Archuleta: other
- Reyes: other
- Seyarto: other
- Strickland: other
- Dahle: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Niello: other
- Hurtado: other
- Jones: other
- Rubio: other
- Valladares: other
Do pass.
2025-07-02 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Solache: yes
- Mark González: other
- Sanchez: other
- Dixon: other
- Ta: other
SB 251 Caballero Third Reading Urgency By Wicks
2025-07-17 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Hart: yes
- Flora: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ward: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Haney: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Fong: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Soria: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bains: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Papan: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Lee: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Davies: yes
- Lackey: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Chen: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: other
- Bennett: other
- Alvarez: other
- Berman: other
- Hadwick: other
- Gallagher: other
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