---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2016."
description: "The Budget Act of 2016 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2016–17 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1613"
citation: "California AB 1613 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2016."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-07"
last_action: "2016-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0d561a5-38ff-42df-8bb8-a2cc0a363a0a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1613"
source_hash: "4c69eb7588c8b8e0d640500cd87cf9ad57311992a1cb8fb6fd379cfe36228a42"
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 1613 (20152016) — Budget Act of 2016.

The Budget Act of 2016 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2016–17 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/07/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1613&version=20150AB161399INT)
2. **04/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1613&version=20150AB161398AMD)
3. **08/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1613&version=20150AB161397AMD)
4. **08/22/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1613&version=20150AB161396AMD)
5. **08/25/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1613&version=20150AB161395AMD)
6. **08/30/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1613&version=20150AB161394AMD)
7. **09/14/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1613&version=20150AB161392CHP)
8. **AB1613** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1613)
9. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1613&version=20150AB161393ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1613 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **51–26** (pass) · lower
- AB 1613 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **51–28** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 1) AB1613 Committee on Budget By De León — **25–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-08** From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
- **2016-02-01** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-25** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 4488.)
- **2016-04-25** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-04-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 4576.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-08-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 5239.)
- **2016-08-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** Measure version as amended on August 22 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-23** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-23** (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 5277.)
- **2016-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-31** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-08-31** (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 5546.)
- **2016-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 5574.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2016-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 6558.)
- **2016-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 6560.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 370, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0d561a5-38ff-42df-8bb8-a2cc0a363a0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).