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Senate committee approves $1.22 million claims bill after dissent on DOJ costs
Summary
The Senate Appropriations Committee gave SB 251 a due-pass recommendation to the Senate floor, approving about $1,221,491 from the General Fund to pay attorney fees and costs for three claims against the state. One member voted no, criticizing use of the General Fund to cover Department of Justice litigation.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations gave SB 251 a due-pass recommendation to the Senate floor after brief debate, approving approximately $1,221,491 from the General Fund to pay attorney fees and costs for three claims against the state.
SB 251, carried by Committee Chair Senator Anna Caballero, is the first of two annual claims bills that provide appropriation authority for legal judgments and settlements approved by the Department of Justice and the Department of Finance. Caballero told the committee the judgments and settlements — First Amendment Coalition v. Bonta; Linton v. Bonta; and X Corporation v. Bonta — are binding…
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