---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2024."
description: "The Budget Act of 2024 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2024–25 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026 Special Session 1"
identifier: "AB 4"
citation: "California AB 4 (20252026 Special Session 1)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["BudgetActof2024"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabriel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-01-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63cc6910-21e3-4bdc-b71b-0a6401c3c2bf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520261AB4"
source_hash: "cd473dd9f09fdae5bcb3a59cc95278d69964b0d4cce4da6be3c5b123fc84955d"
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 4 (20252026 Special Session 1) — Budget Act of 2024.

The Budget Act of 2024 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2024–25 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520261AB4&version=20251AB499INT)
2. **01/23/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520261AB4&version=20251AB497CHP)
3. **AB4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520261AB4)
4. **01/23/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520261AB4&version=20251AB498ENR)

## Votes

- AB 4 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading Amend By GALLAGHER Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By AGUIAR-CURRY — **59–19** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading AB4 Gabriel et al. By Wiener — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 4 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gabriel — primary (person)
- Wiener — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-01-21** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** From printer.
- **2025-01-21** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Ordered to second reading.
- **2025-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 54.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-01-23** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2025-01-23** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23** Senate Rules Suspended (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 35.).
- **2025-01-23** Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 36.)
- **2025-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-01-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 37.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-01-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2025-01-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-01-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63cc6910-21e3-4bdc-b71b-0a6401c3c2bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).