---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2022."
description: "The Budget Act of 2022 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2022–23 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 179"
citation: "California AB 179 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2022."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2022-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27b6e284-52c1-4c78-9031-cfbf65da84de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB179"
source_hash: "1d7a4c740dedaf85cbce88ee93b9d29146c1c7289f59f9f65028bebc633bf2b3"
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 179 (20212022) — Budget Act of 2022.

The Budget Act of 2022 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2022–23 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=202120220AB179&version=20210AB17999INT)
2. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB179&version=20210AB17998AMD)
3. **08/28/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB179&version=20210AB17997AMD)
4. **09/06/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB179&version=20210AB17995CHP)
5. **AB179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB179)
6. **08/31/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB179&version=20210AB17996ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB179 Ting By Skinner — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **14–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 179 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 179 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–13** (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 501.) `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`
- **2021-09-01** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2302.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate rules suspended.
- **2021-09-01** (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2303.)
- **2021-09-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-08-28** 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`
- **2022-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Senate rules suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.).
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 5410.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 13.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 249, 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/27b6e284-52c1-4c78-9031-cfbf65da84de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).