---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Auditor: permanent office."
description: "Existing law requires the permanent office of the California State Auditor to be in Sacramento."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 428"
citation: "California SB 428 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["StateAuditor", "permanentoffice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4557194e-5833-4383-b29b-da9797759bdd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB428"
source_hash: "3f4bd30aed74e981dd22f906ad0bfc4727da59fdeb531f52e1afd0bd218c1a8a"
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 SB 428 (20252026) — State Auditor: permanent office.

Existing law requires the permanent office of the California State Auditor to be in Sacramento.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB428&version=20250SB42899INT)
2. **03/28/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB428&version=20250SB42898AMD)
3. **07/30/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB428&version=20250SB42896CHP)
4. **SB428** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB428)
5. **07/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB428&version=20250SB42897ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent SB428 Laird et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 428 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Cabaldon — coauthor (person)
- Harabedian — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2025-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 530.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2025-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1199.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1326.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-07-17** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-07-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 91, 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/4557194e-5833-4383-b29b-da9797759bdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).