---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2012."
description: "The Budget Act of 2012 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2012–13 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1477"
citation: "California AB 1477 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2012."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-01-10"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/183a8aa2-c204-4a9e-b741-3f6696046fd9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1477"
source_hash: "dc717bbf94a655bda7a0b02ab8bbbb0d52657e8ce35da12034b77401e918f43c"
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 1477 (20112012) — Budget Act of 2012.

The Budget Act of 2012 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2012–13 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1477&version=20110AB147799INT)
2. **08/22/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1477&version=20110AB147798AMD)
3. **08/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1477&version=20110AB147797AMD)
4. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1477&version=20110AB147795CHP)
5. **AB1477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1477)
6. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1477&version=20110AB147796ENR)

## Votes

- From Committee: Amendments returned with further amendements to Senate floor for consideration. — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- AB 1477 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **47–23** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1477 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) By Leno — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 1477 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BLUMENFIELD — **48–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2012-02-09** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 4011.)
- **2012-03-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 4011.)
- **2012-03-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-03-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 23. Page 4089.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-03-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-07** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-24** From committee: That the measure be returned with further amendments to the Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 23). `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 4926.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6605.)
- **2012-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 6632.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor with item veto. `executive-veto-line-item, executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 630, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/183a8aa2-c204-4a9e-b741-3f6696046fd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).