republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-189.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2009."
description: "Existing law sets forth the duties and authority of the Treasurer generally in the sale of state bonds. Moneys are continuously appropriated from the General Fund in an annual amount necessary to pay all obligations, including principal, interest, fees, costs, indemnities, and all other amounts incurred by the state under or in connection with any credit enhancement or liquidity agreement entered into by the state, as specified, for bonds payable pursuant to an appropriation from the General Fund. Existing law prohibits the amount appropriated for these fees, costs, and other similar expenses from exceeding a percentage of the original principal amount of the bonds that is specified in the federal Internal Revenue Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 189"
citation: "California AB 189 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2009."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-02"
last_action: "2009-11-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65ee315b-612a-40cc-be97-2e0fb768b40a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB189"
source_hash: "1dc8fafa01da59f919261a6b2304cc6e6bdc076943d55679cc6c504fdfe11dcf"
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 189 (20092010) — Budget Act of 2009.

Existing law sets forth the duties and authority of the Treasurer generally in the sale of state bonds. Moneys are continuously appropriated from the General Fund in an annual amount necessary to pay all obligations, including principal, interest, fees, costs, indemnities, and all other amounts incurred by the state under or in connection with any credit enhancement or liquidity agreement entered into by the state, as specified, for bonds payable pursuant to an appropriation from the General Fund. Existing law prohibits the amount appropriated for these fees, costs, and other similar expenses from exceeding a percentage of the original principal amount of the bonds that is specified in the federal Internal Revenue Code.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB189&version=20090AB18999INT)
2. **09/08/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB189&version=20090AB18998AMD)
3. **11/05/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB189&version=20090AB18996CHP)
4. **AB189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB189)
5. **10/26/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB189&version=20090AB18997ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB189 Committee on BUDGET (Evans) Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 189 BUDGET Concurrence- Urgency Added By EVANS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB189 Committee on BUDGET (Evans) Urgency Clause — **fail** (fail) · upper
- AB 189 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By EVANS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB189 Committee on BUDGET (Evans) Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 0. Page 1226.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-11** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-06-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-20** To inactive file on motion of Senator Ducheny.
- **2009-09-03** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2009-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-09-08** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2009-09-08** (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2280.)
- **2009-09-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-09-10** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2009-09-12** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 25. Noes 0. Page 2452.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2009-09-12** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Ducheny.
- **2009-09-12** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2453.)
- **2009-10-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2527.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-10-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after October 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-10-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3549.)
- **2009-10-26** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 9. Page 3549.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-10-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2009-11-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-11-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 646, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65ee315b-612a-40cc-be97-2e0fb768b40a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).