---
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 97"
citation: "California SB 97 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2015."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2015-01-09"
last_action: "2015-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76d8b4d8-63e8-4fbe-a9e8-8b45f58a8c50"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB97"
source_hash: "9570d9b152fc56e543a3365934cb1354d4ec3c06ad0a122f71af8e481d7323e9"
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 97 (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=201520160SB97&version=20150SB9799INT)
2. **06/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB97&version=20150SB9798AMD)
3. **06/24/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB97&version=20150SB9796CHP)
4. **SB97** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB97)
5. **06/19/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB97&version=20150SB9797ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB97 Committee On B. & F.R. — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE SB97 Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review By Leno Concurrence — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 97 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **53–27** (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 385.) 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`
- **2015-06-16** 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`
- **2015-06-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
- **2015-06-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-06-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-06-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2015-06-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 27. Page 2051.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-06-19** Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
- **2015-06-19** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 1505.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 11, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76d8b4d8-63e8-4fbe-a9e8-8b45f58a8c50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).