---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2020."
description: "The Budget Act of 2020 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2020–21 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "California SB 85 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2020."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c55ac8f6-b73b-44f6-8ac2-5393b5afdadb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB85"
source_hash: "8a5cbf21b5d31da5413b2a2372ec655b6c0bb63e231f9e9e7666a0a2cb97838a"
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 85 (20212022) — Budget Act of 2020.

The Budget Act of 2020 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2020–21 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/16/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB85&version=20210SB8599INT)
2. **02/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB85&version=20210SB8598AMD)
3. **04/08/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB85&version=20210SB8597AMD)
4. **04/13/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB85&version=20210SB8595CHP)
5. **SB85** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB85)
6. **04/12/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB85&version=20210SB8596ENR)

## Votes

- SB 85 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB85 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **22–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-16** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-12-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 16.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 22. Noes 8. Page 76.)
- **2021-01-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-01-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 89.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-01-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 328.)
- **2021-02-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Assembly Rule 96 and 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 955.)
- **2021-04-12** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-04-12** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-04-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 958.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-04-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 752.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-04-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 14, 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/c55ac8f6-b73b-44f6-8ac2-5393b5afdadb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).