---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2022."
description: "The Budget Act of 2022 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2022–23 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 178"
citation: "California AB 178 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2022."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d61cc14-5039-499e-bf59-5ed8f417e029"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB178"
source_hash: "91b346f0a9bdd89ad223f17d43af31b2808180f1df57f0954add5a1afbbe4613"
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 178 (20212022) — Budget Act of 2022.

The Budget Act of 2022 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2022–23 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB178&version=20210AB17899INT)
2. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB178&version=20210AB17898AMD)
3. **06/26/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB178&version=20210AB17897AMD)
4. **06/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB178&version=20210AB17895CHP)
5. **AB178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB178)
6. **06/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB178&version=20210AB17896ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB178 Ting By Skinner — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- AB 178 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 178 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–8** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **12–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 500.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-01** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2302.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate rules suspended.
- **2021-09-01** (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2303.)
- **2021-09-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-26** 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`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (June 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 6. Page 4529.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2022-06-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 8.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 p.m.
- **2022-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 45, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d61cc14-5039-499e-bf59-5ed8f417e029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).