---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2021."
description: "The Budget Act of 2021 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2021–22 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 161"
citation: "California AB 161 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2021."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0935c1d2-26ec-4141-9a9d-15bd953c0dab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB161"
source_hash: "2ebd80498b927a25de4d77159ee29fd9768fc635fe2d61ab49f697c4b3e3c5a9"
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 161 (20212022) — Budget Act of 2021.

The Budget Act of 2021 made 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=202120220AB161&version=20210AB16199INT)
2. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB161&version=20210AB16198AMD)
3. **07/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB161&version=20210AB16197AMD)
4. **07/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB161&version=20210AB16195CHP)
5. **AB161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB161)
6. **07/08/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB161&version=20210AB16196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- 2nd Reading AB161 Ting By Skinner — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 161 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 161 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (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`
- **2021-02-18** 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 492.) `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`
- **2021-07-05** 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`
- **2021-07-05** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 1794.)
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-08** Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 1852.)
- **2021-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1854.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-07-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 2272.)
- **2021-07-08** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 2272.)
- **2021-07-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2273.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2021-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 43, 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/0935c1d2-26ec-4141-9a9d-15bd953c0dab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).