---
type: "Bill"
title: "State-funded assistance grants and contracts: advance payments."
description: "Existing law authorizes specified state departments and authorities, upon determination that an advance payment is essential for the effective implementation of a program, to advance to a community-based private nonprofit agency with which it has contracted for the delivery of services funds not exceeding 25% of the annual allocation to be made to the agency during the fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 590"
citation: "California AB 590 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State-funded assistance grants and contracts", "advance payments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hart"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26cd5008-6084-4f28-b90e-f29263a466ec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB590"
source_hash: "59cc868bbc596e5b72b3568d53411d0559e9a7ca55b2ecc999f71e746aaefe68"
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 590 (20232024) — State-funded assistance grants and contracts: advance payments.

Existing law authorizes specified state departments and authorities, upon determination that an advance payment is essential for the effective implementation of a program, to advance to a community-based private nonprofit agency with which it has contracted for the delivery of services funds not exceeding 25% of the annual allocation to be made to the agency during the fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB590&version=20230AB59099INT)
2. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB590&version=20230AB59098AMD)
3. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB590&version=20230AB59097AMD)
4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB590&version=20230AB59095CHP)
5. **AB590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB590)
6. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB590&version=20230AB59096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 590 Hart Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB590 Hart et al. By Limón — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 590 Hart Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hart — primary (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Valencia — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2024.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2640.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3401.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 535, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26cd5008-6084-4f28-b90e-f29263a466ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).