---
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 1623"
citation: "California AB 1623 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2016."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-01-07"
last_action: "2016-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10dc5ace-6122-4a64-8652-775404992d26"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1623"
source_hash: "3f810fe0808fa1f348ade608223142f489e424449a591b7587914357337a7bed"
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 1623 (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=201520160AB1623&version=20150AB162399INT)
2. **04/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1623&version=20150AB162398AMD)
3. **08/08/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1623&version=20150AB162397AMD)
4. **08/10/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1623&version=20150AB162396AMD)
5. **09/13/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1623&version=20150AB162394CHP)
6. **AB1623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1623)
7. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1623&version=20150AB162395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1623 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1623 Committee On BUDGET (Ting) By Leno — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1623 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **51–26** (pass) · lower

## 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 4581.) `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.
- **2016-06-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-08** 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`
- **2016-08-10** 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`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5017.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 6221.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 318, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10dc5ace-6122-4a64-8652-775404992d26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).