---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2016."
description: "This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2016–17 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 826"
citation: "California SB 826 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2016."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-01-07"
last_action: "2016-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f97ec6c7-25d6-4dc3-8c72-1f6c095394ad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB826"
source_hash: "1151de2beff1ca2634fef8ddbe7583e4a400e48bc60b23525221698d3963aa59"
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 826 (20152016) — Budget Act of 2016.

This bill would make 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=201520160SB826&version=20150SB82699INT)
2. **05/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB826&version=20150SB82698AMD)
3. **06/10/16 - Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB826&version=20150SB82697AMD)
4. **06/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB826&version=20150SB82695CHP)
5. **SB826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB826)
6. **06/15/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB826&version=20150SB82696ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE SB826 Committee on B & F R By Leno — **1–36** (fail) · upper
- SB 826 B. & F. R. Conference Report By TING — **52–27** (pass) · lower
- Conference Report — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 826 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **48–24** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB826 Committee On B. & F.R. — **25–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 7.
- **2016-01-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-04-11** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 3536.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-25** 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`
- **2016-05-27** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 23. Page 4945.)
- **2016-05-27** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 23. Page 4945.)
- **2016-05-27** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-05-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 48. Noes 24. Page 4947.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-05-27** Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
- **2016-05-27** Senate refused to concur in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 1. Noes 36. Page 3978.) `committee-failure, amendment-failure`
- **2016-05-27** Ordered to Conference Committee. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-31** Joint Rule 28, 28.1, and 29 suspended.
- **2016-05-31** Senators Leno, Lara, Nielsen, Hancock, and Bates appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2016-05-31** Assembly Members Ting, Bloom, Gonzalez, Obernolte, and Olsen appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2016-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
- **2016-06-09** Assembly Member McCarty appointed to Conference Committee vice Assembly Member Gonzalez for June 9 hearing.
- **2016-06-10** From Conference Committee: Be adopted. Ayes 6: Senators Leno, Lara, and Hancock, Assembly Members Ting, Bloom, and McCarty. Noes 4: Senators Nielsen and Bates, Assembly Members Obernolte and Olsen.
- **2016-06-10** To print.
- **2016-06-11** From printer.
- **2016-06-15** Assembly adopted Conference Committee report. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 5359.) `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-15** Senate adopted Conference Committee report. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 4338.) `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 23, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f97ec6c7-25d6-4dc3-8c72-1f6c095394ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).