---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2011."
description: "Existing law requires the Legislature to pass a Budget Bill making appropriations for the support of state government for the ensuing fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 121"
citation: "California AB 121 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2011."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2011-01-10"
last_action: "2011-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7d1734d-ebe4-4877-ba1e-348c5772575c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB121"
source_hash: "4100d7ccc00321350f4404bbde9b619137a32e028e2748334fc2f18c348f91d7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 121 (20112012) — Budget Act of 2011.

Existing law requires the Legislature to pass a Budget Bill making appropriations for the support of state government for the ensuing fiscal year.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB121&version=20110AB12199INT)
2. **06/28/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB121&version=20110AB12198AMD)
3. **06/30/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB121&version=20110AB12196CHP)
4. **AB121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB121)
5. **06/28/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB121&version=20110AB12197ENR)

## Votes

- AB 121 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **49–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB121 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) By Leno — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- AB 121 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BLUMENFIELD — **51–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2011-02-18** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-02-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 0. Page 423.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-02-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-03-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-28** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-28** Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1, Joint Rule 10.5 suspended. (Page 1613.)
- **2011-06-28** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 1613.)
- **2011-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 17. Page 1614.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-06-28** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 2096.)
- **2011-06-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2096.)
- **2011-06-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 2098.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7:30 p.m.
- **2011-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 41, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7d1734d-ebe4-4877-ba1e-348c5772575c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).