---
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: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "California SB 47 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2016."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b7eb96c-4056-4990-a4ca-3fce500b974c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB47"
source_hash: "9e68d251c9dc25d582c028ed8d5f708095fb1aff81d3242470b94411a33bca8f"
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 47 (20172018) — 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. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB47&version=20170SB4799INT)
2. **01/30/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB47&version=20170SB4798AMD)
3. **02/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB47&version=20170SB4797AMD)
4. **03/15/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB47&version=20170SB4795CHP)
5. **SB47** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB47)
6. **03/10/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB47&version=20170SB4796ENR)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Set for hearing February 9.
- **2017-02-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5. Page 171.) (February 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 218.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 22. Noes 5.) (March 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 13. Page 564.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2017-03-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 2, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b7eb96c-4056-4990-a4ca-3fce500b974c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).