---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2015."
description: "The Budget Act of 2015 appropriated specified amounts for support of the state government for the 2015–16 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 120"
citation: "California AB 120 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2015."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-01-09"
last_action: "2016-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/601f2c40-9b98-4641-a8b5-6622742d9958"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB120"
source_hash: "2c17fc8fce7779b18a03fadc519a3fb2728509863571847d4412f5a3aa11f844"
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 120 (20152016) — Budget Act of 2015.

The Budget Act of 2015 appropriated specified amounts for support of the state government for the 2015–16 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB120&version=20150AB12099INT)
2. **04/21/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB120&version=20150AB12098AMD)
3. **04/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB120&version=20150AB12096CHP)
4. **AB120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB120)
5. **04/28/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB120&version=20150AB12097ENR)

## Votes

- AB 120 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By WEBER — **51–27** (pass) · lower
- AB 120 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB120 Committee On BUDGET (Ting) By Leno — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-09** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-01-12** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
- **2015-01-16** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 611.)
- **2015-03-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 611.)
- **2015-03-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-03-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 644.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3705.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-04-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 4568.)
- **2016-04-28** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 4568.)
- **2016-04-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4568.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2016-04-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 11, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/601f2c40-9b98-4641-a8b5-6622742d9958`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).