---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2012."
description: "The Budget Act of 2012 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2012–13 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "California SB 68 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2012."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2013-01-10"
last_action: "2013-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afd8c59f-eeb7-4adf-806e-1d3c7cba2d1e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB68"
source_hash: "6e7b0e1150c53f64f4c85327c9ffd4e937a225853743519e442dcc2936ff7db1"
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 SB 68 (20132014) — Budget Act of 2012.

The Budget Act of 2012 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2012–13 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB68&version=20130SB6899INT)
2. **05/07/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB68&version=20130SB6898AMD)
3. **05/30/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB68&version=20130SB6896CHP)
4. **SB68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB68)
5. **05/24/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB68&version=20130SB6897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB68 Committee on B. & F.R. — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 68 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **51–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-10** (Corrected May 9).
- **2013-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2013-01-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 9 in B. & F.R. pending receipt.
- **2013-05-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** (Corrected May 9).
- **2013-05-08** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2. Page 880.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 901.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 50. Noes 18. Page 1444.)
- **2013-05-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 1525.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-21** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-05-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-05-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 5, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afd8c59f-eeb7-4adf-806e-1d3c7cba2d1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).