---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2015."
description: "The Budget Act of 2015 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2015–16 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "California SB 101 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2015."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-01-09"
last_action: "2015-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c64641b-8c73-41b9-ba63-19493e01f237"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB101"
source_hash: "720dd9dc67dec113f9ffcea9062daac79e14e445462bb159c398c043c0ced199"
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 101 (20152016) — Budget Act of 2015.

The Budget Act of 2015 made appropriations for the support of 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=201520160SB101&version=20150SB10199INT)
2. **08/24/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB101&version=20150SB10198AMD)
3. **09/04/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB101&version=20150SB10197AMD)
4. **09/10/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB101&version=20150SB10196AMD)
5. **09/22/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB101&version=20150SB10194CHP)
6. **SB101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB101)
7. **09/16/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB101&version=20150SB10195ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB101 Committee On B. & F.R. — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business (Supplemental File 2) SB101 Committee on B.F.&R. Concurrence Leno — **25–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **25–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 101 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading Amend By WEBER Set #1 — **51–28** (pass) · lower
- SB 101 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **50–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-09** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-01-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
- **2015-01-12** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** From committee: Ordered to second reading. `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 386.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2015-08-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 25. Noes 2.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 2891.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** (Corrected September 8).
- **2015-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-04** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2015-09-11** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2015-09-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 9.) (September 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 3161.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2766.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2015-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 321, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c64641b-8c73-41b9-ba63-19493e01f237`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).