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Assembly approves AB 2597, appropriating roughly $7.4 million to settle specified claims
Summary
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.
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.
The Clerk opened the roll for recorded action on the urgency clause and the measure. The Chair announced the recorded result on the urgency and final passage as "Aye, 60, no 0," and the measure was read as passed on the floor that day. The bill includes an urgency clause to take immediate effect.
Speakers: Assemblymember Wicks (author); Clerk (procedural). Actions: AB 2597 passed with recorded vote Aye 60, No 0.
