---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2018."
description: "This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2018–19 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 840"
citation: "California SB 840 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2018."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7623d67c-b0c7-4dc8-9fc1-cd270e3f7997"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB840"
source_hash: "a77dc391f38d8ffb5c89eef27584a5a87a665ba31b5617ea4222d02dbe1a3978"
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 840 (20172018) — Budget Act of 2018.

This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2018–19 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB840&version=20170SB84099INT)
2. **05/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB840&version=20170SB84098AMD)
3. **06/10/18 - Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB840&version=20170SB84097AMD)
4. **06/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB840&version=20170SB84095CHP)
5. **SB840** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB840)
6. **06/14/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB840&version=20170SB84096ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB840 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **0–35** (fail) · upper
- Conference Report — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- SB 840 Mitchell Conference Report By TING — **57–23** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB840 B. & F.R. — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 840 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **50–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 4865.)
- **2018-04-30** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4918.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 18. Page 5026.)
- **2018-05-07** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-05-07** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 5096.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-05-25** Senate refused to concur in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 0. Noes 35. Page 4261.) `amendment-failure, committee-failure`
- **2018-05-25** Ordered to Conference Committee. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** Joint Rules 28, 28.1, and 29 suspended in Senate.
- **2018-05-25** (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4262.)
- **2018-05-25** Joint Rules 28, 28.1, and 29 suspended in Assembly.
- **2018-05-25** (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5298.)
- **2018-05-25** Senators Mitchell (Chair), Roth, Skinner, Moorlach, and Nielsen appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2018-05-25** Assembly Members Ting (Chair), Arambula, Bloom, Chávez, and Obernolte appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2018-05-30** Set for hearing June 8.
- **2018-05-30** (Assembly Member Chávez replaced by Assembly Member Kiley for this hearing)
- **2018-06-10** From Conference Committee: Be adopted. Ayes 6: Senators Mitchell, Skinner, and Roth, Assembly Members Ting, Arambula, and Bloom. Noes 4: Senators Nielsen and Moorlach, Assembly Members Obernolte and Kiley.
- **2018-06-10** To print.
- **2018-06-11** From printer.
- **2018-06-14** Senate adopted Conference Committee report. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 4688.) `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Assembly adopted Conference Committee report. (Ayes 57. Noes 23. Page 5820.) `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Ordered to enrgrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-06-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2018-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 29, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7623d67c-b0c7-4dc8-9fc1-cd270e3f7997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).