--- type: "Bill" title: "Budget Act of 2021." description: "The Budget Act of 2021 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2021–22 fiscal year." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 129" citation: "California SB 129 (20212022)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["Budget Act of 2021."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"] version_count: 5 action_count: 29 vote_count: 9 first_action: "2021-01-08" last_action: "2022-01-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38358e29-e4b6-4416-a3ad-36e8c0886c2a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB129" source_hash: "69bf08bd90c6a4863141b7e23801a6ad31e9d7df488fbfa7040ee0ec3765c7d1" 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 129 (20212022) — Budget Act of 2021. The Budget Act of 2021 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2021–22 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=202120220SB129&version=20210SB12999INT) 2. **06/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB129&version=20210SB12998AMD) 3. **07/12/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB129&version=20210SB12996CHP) 4. **SB129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB129) 5. **06/28/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB129&version=20210SB12997ENR) ## Votes - SB 129 Skinner Senate Third Reading By TING Amend By SMITH Set #3 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — **55–19** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading SB129 — **29–8** (pass) · upper - SB 129 Skinner Senate Third Reading By TING Amend By CHOI Set #5 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — **54–19** (pass) · lower - SB 129 Skinner Senate Third Reading By TING — **61–13** (pass) · lower - SB 129 Skinner Senate Third Reading By TING Amend By GALLAGHER Set #4 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — **55–20** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB129 Skinner Concurrence — **31–5** (pass) · upper - SB 129 Skinner Senate Third Reading By TING Amend By SEYARTO Set #2 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — **55–19** (pass) · lower - SB 129 Skinner Senate Third Reading By TING Amend By FLORA Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — **55–20** (pass) · lower - SB 129 Skinner Senate Third Reading By TING Amend By DAVIES Set #6 Motion to Lay on the Table By REYES — **55–19** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Skinner — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-01-08** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2021-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10. - **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee` - **2021-02-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 26. Noes 5. Page 201.) - **2021-02-16** Ordered to second reading. - **2021-02-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-02-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 278.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-02-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee` - **2021-02-25** (Corrected May 14). - **2021-06-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-06-28** Assembly Rule 96 and 63 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2118.) - **2021-06-28** Withdrawn from committee. - **2021-06-28** Ordered to third reading. - **2021-06-28** Amendments by Assembly Member Flora tabled on motion by Assembly Member Reyes. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 2136.) - **2021-06-28** Amendments by Assembly Member Seyarto tabled on motion by Assembly Member Reyes. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 2137.) - **2021-06-28** Amendments by Assembly Member Smith tabled on motion by Assembly Member Reyes. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 2138.) - **2021-06-28** Amendments by Assembly Member Gallagher tabled on motion by Assembly Member Reyes. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 2139.) - **2021-06-28** Amendments by Assembly Member Choi tabled on motion by Assembly Member Reyes. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 2140.) - **2021-06-28** Amendments by Assembly Member Davies tabled on motion by Assembly Member Reyes. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 2141.) - **2021-06-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 13. Page 2142.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-06-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2021-06-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 1686.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 8:45 p.m. - **2021-07-12** Approved by the Governor with item veto. `executive-signature, executive-veto-line-item` - **2021-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 69, Statutes of 2021. `became-law` - **2021-07-12** In Senate. Consideration of Governor's item veto pending. - **2022-01-27** Consideration of Governor's item veto stricken from file. `veto-override-failure` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38358e29-e4b6-4416-a3ad-36e8c0886c2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).