republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-851.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education finance."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools to determine a revenue limit for each school district in the county pursuant to a specified formula based on the base revenue limit of the school district for the prior year, adjusted for inflation, and the average daily attendance for the entire school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 851"
citation: "California AB 851 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education finance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brownley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7f3c0b3-c555-4013-bf03-d49a10cca939"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB851"
source_hash: "0ce7e85311269f213327328a8bd27a31f9fdf576a5720f2a7265e877c6cfb924"
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 851 (20092010) — Education finance.

(1) Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools to determine a revenue limit for each school district in the county pursuant to a specified formula based on the base revenue limit of the school district for the prior year, adjusted for inflation, and the average daily attendance for the entire school district.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB851&version=20090AB85199INT)
2. **07/15/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB851&version=20090AB85198AMD)
3. **09/02/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB851&version=20090AB85197AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB851&version=20090AB85195CHP)
5. **AB851** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB851)
6. **09/11/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB851&version=20090AB85196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 851 BROWNLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 851 BROWNLEY Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB851 Brownley By Huff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brownley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-27** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1606.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-24** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2009-09-02** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2205.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-09** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3152.)
- **2009-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3168.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 374, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7f3c0b3-c555-4013-bf03-d49a10cca939`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).