Assembly approves AB 2597, appropriating roughly $7.4 million to settle specified claims
Aug 10, 2026
Assemblymember Wicks presented AB 2597, a 54-vote appropriations bill to pay eight specified claims; the Assembly approved the measure with a roll-call tally of Aye 60, No 0 and an urgency clause.
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Assemblymember Wicks introduced AB 2597 as one of the standard annual appropriations the chairs of the appropriations committees carry to authorize payment of legal settlements. "AB 25 97 will appropriate approximately 7,400,000 from the general fund to the attorney general to pay 8 specified claims against the state," he said, and asked members for an aye vote.
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