---
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: "AB 85"
citation: "California AB 85 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2020."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e23b7f58-206c-48ff-9e63-579a8b9cae16"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB85"
source_hash: "3087050f5710cde180d1fa89d60b2f7eeeb0c13045a60a0c38cfd5a02cbe3fb3"
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 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. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB85&version=20210AB8599INT)
2. **02/17/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB85&version=20210AB8598AMD)
3. **02/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB85&version=20210AB8596CHP)
4. **AB85** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB85)
5. **02/22/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB85&version=20210AB8597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 85 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **64–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 85 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **48–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB85 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **30–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
- **2021-01-11** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-01-11** (Ayes 46. Noes 13. Page 108.)
- **2021-01-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-01-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 13. Page 163.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-01-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **2021-02-17** 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`
- **2021-02-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (February 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 437.)
- **2021-02-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 3. Page 438.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-02-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 4, 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/e23b7f58-206c-48ff-9e63-579a8b9cae16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).