---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 emergency response: Learning Recovery Emergency Fund: appropriation."
description: "(1) The California Emergency Services Act authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency during conditions of disaster or extreme peril to persons or property, including epidemics. Pursuant to this authority, on March 4, 2020, the Governor declared a state of emergency relating to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 182"
citation: "California AB 182 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["COVID-19 emergency response: Learning Recovery Emergency Fund: appropriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16f5851b-27ac-4632-8e14-aa80d31743ad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB182"
source_hash: "75259419d9579a2bceeb9ee08cfdf2217255f30e9c032250c734be98d7c6547f"
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 182 (20212022) — COVID-19 emergency response: Learning Recovery Emergency Fund: appropriation.

(1) The California Emergency Services Act authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency during conditions of disaster or extreme peril to persons or property, including epidemics. Pursuant to this authority, on March 4, 2020, the Governor declared a state of emergency relating to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

## 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=202120220AB182&version=20210AB18299INT)
2. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB182&version=20210AB18298AMD)
3. **06/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB182&version=20210AB18297AMD)
4. **06/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB182&version=20210AB18295CHP)
5. **AB182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB182)
6. **06/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB182&version=20210AB18296ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB182 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 182 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 182 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — 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`
- **2021-02-18** 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`
- **2021-02-22** 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 502.) `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`
- **2022-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-25** 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`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4521.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2022-06-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 p.m.
- **2022-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 53, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16f5851b-27ac-4632-8e14-aa80d31743ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).