---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2021."
description: "This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2021–22 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 128"
citation: "California AB 128 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2021."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/549d2afa-a312-4739-9389-8394b45c9239"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB128"
source_hash: "ba670fea8bc120e5cd578239020b08e93f4b4cfcb0af3aaa039fb83523eb3602"
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 128 (20212022) — Budget Act of 2021.

This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2021–22 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB128&version=20210AB12899INT)
2. **02/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB128&version=20210AB12898AMD)
3. **06/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB128&version=20210AB12897AMD)
4. **06/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB128&version=20210AB12895CHP)
5. **AB128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB128)
6. **06/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB128&version=20210AB12896ENR)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading AB128 Ting By Skinner — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 128 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 128 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 475.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Page 1488.)
- **2021-06-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 1489.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-06-14** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 1968.)
- **2021-06-14** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 1968.)
- **2021-06-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 1970.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2021-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 21, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/549d2afa-a312-4739-9389-8394b45c9239`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).