---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2009."
description: "The Budget Act of 2009 (Chapter 1 of the 2009–10 Third Extraordinary Session) and revisions to the Budget Act of 2009 (Chapter 1 of the 2009–10 Fourth Extraordinary Session) made appropriations for the support of state government during the 2009–10 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010 Special Session 8"
identifier: "AB 1"
citation: "California AB 1 (20092010 Special Session 8)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2009."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2010-01-15"
last_action: "2010-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d04d782e-02dc-4d4c-a9d9-1aefa1c6f972"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920108AB1"
source_hash: "460dcb1c25e89846ca6f93287f3e314d6eedc294ae5f66617acecc675c2db4e7"
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 1 (20092010 Special Session 8) — Budget Act of 2009.

The Budget Act of 2009 (Chapter 1 of the 2009–10 Third Extraordinary Session) and revisions to the Budget Act of 2009 (Chapter 1 of the 2009–10 Fourth Extraordinary Session) made appropriations for the support of state government during the 2009–10 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920108AB1&version=20098AB199INT)
2. **02/17/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920108AB1&version=20098AB198AMD)
3. **03/08/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920108AB1&version=20098AB196CHP)
4. **AB1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920108AB1)
5. **02/23/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920108AB1&version=20098AB197ENR)

## Votes

- AB1 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By EVANS Eighth Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1 Committee on BUDGET (Evans) By Ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB1 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By EVANS Eighth Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-01-19** From printer.
- **2010-02-01** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-01** Ordered to second reading.
- **2010-02-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-02-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 0. Page 49.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-02-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2010-02-11** To second reading.
- **2010-02-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-02-17** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-02-18** Joint Rule 10.5 suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 0. Page 70.)
- **2010-02-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 73.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-02-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-02-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 6. Page 87.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-02-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:30 p.m.
- **2010-03-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-03-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10 Eighth Extraordinary Session.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d04d782e-02dc-4d4c-a9d9-1aefa1c6f972`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).