---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2017."
description: "The Budget Act of 2017 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2017–18 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 120"
citation: "California AB 120 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2017."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56a7bf7e-da50-4843-b616-7a77c9039863"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB120"
source_hash: "82fe61b80c68790cc28f820ab59bebd08e45435bafe8b9aa21e2f0961254de5e"
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 120 (20172018) — Budget Act of 2017.

The Budget Act of 2017 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2017–18 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB120&version=20170AB12099INT)
2. **06/12/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB120&version=20170AB12098AMD)
3. **06/27/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB120&version=20170AB12096CHP)
4. **AB120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB120)
5. **06/16/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB120&version=20170AB12097ENR)

## Votes

- AB 120 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–8** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB120 Ting By Mitchell — **27–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 1511.)
- **2017-05-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-05-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 25. Page 1603.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** 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. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-12** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 1485.)
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 1557.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-06-15** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2017-06-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 23. Page 2213.)
- **2017-06-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 8. Page 2214.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6:50 p.m.
- **2017-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 22, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56a7bf7e-da50-4843-b616-7a77c9039863`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).