republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-187.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Auditor: audits: high-risk local government agency audit program."
description: "Existing law authorizes the State Auditor to establish a high-risk government agency audit program for the purpose of identifying, auditing, and issuing reports on any agency of the state that the State Auditor identifies as being at high risk for the potential of waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement or that has major challenges associated with its economy, efficiency, or effectiveness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 187"
citation: "California AB 187 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Auditor: audits: high-risk local government agency audit program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-01-25"
last_action: "2011-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b37ef02-6462-4bb2-87fb-d0ec139b72e2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB187"
source_hash: "3dcb17ce3fe55c3358698311888cc8180d7a9e91cdf427136749d479a81aab1a"
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 187 (20112012) — State Auditor: audits: high-risk local government agency audit program.

Existing law authorizes the State Auditor to establish a high-risk government agency audit program for the purpose of identifying, auditing, and issuing reports on any agency of the state that the State Auditor identifies as being at high risk for the potential of waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement or that has major challenges associated with its economy, efficiency, or effectiveness.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB187&version=20110AB18799INT)
2. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB187&version=20110AB18798AMD)
3. **06/22/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB187&version=20110AB18797AMD)
4. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB187&version=20110AB18796AMD)
5. **10/04/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB187&version=20110AB18794CHP)
6. **AB187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB187)
7. **09/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB187&version=20110AB18795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 187 LARA Assembly Third Reading — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 187 LARA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB187 Lara By Kehoe — **28–8** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)
- Alejo — principal coauthor (person)
- Smyth — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 1727.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2201.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2899.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 451, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b37ef02-6462-4bb2-87fb-d0ec139b72e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).