---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2012: augmentation."
description: "(1) The Budget Act of 2012 appropriates specified amounts from the General Fund for public postsecondary education, including $51,500,000 to the University of California and $500,000 to Hastings College of the Law for purposes of addressing a portion of their employer pension contribution costs for the University of California Retirement Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1502"
citation: "California AB 1502 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2012: augmentation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-01-10"
last_action: "2012-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ad9c79e-a912-4941-9ed3-1e3c034e3e5b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1502"
source_hash: "1832cc29cb336391561283079a20082396a0f746a74b597560713bf6a77b170a"
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 1502 (20112012) — Budget Act of 2012: augmentation.

(1) The Budget Act of 2012 appropriates specified amounts from the General Fund for public postsecondary education, including $51,500,000 to the University of California and $500,000 to Hastings College of the Law for purposes of addressing a portion of their employer pension contribution costs for the University of California Retirement Plan.

## 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=201120120AB1502&version=20110AB150299INT)
2. **06/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1502&version=20110AB150298AMD)
3. **06/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1502&version=20110AB150296CHP)
4. **AB1502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1502)
5. **06/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1502&version=20110AB150297ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1502 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) By Leno — **25–12** (pass) · upper
- AB 1502 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **47–23** (pass) · lower
- AB 1502 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BLUMENFIELD — **50–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · upper

## 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 4100.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-03-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 4140.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-06-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 5489.)
- **2012-06-27** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 5489.)
- **2012-06-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 5492.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2012-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 31, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ad9c79e-a912-4941-9ed3-1e3c034e3e5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).