republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2279.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School districts: emergency apportionments: trustees."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to request an emergency apportionment through the Superintendent of Public Instruction if the governing board of the school district determines during a fiscal year that its revenues are less than the amount necessary to meet its current year expenditure obligations. Under existing law, if a school district accepts an emergency apportionment, the Superintendent is required, among other things, to appoint a trustee who has recognized expertise in management and finance, and may employ, on a short-term basis, any staff necessary to assist the trustee. Existing law also requires the trustee and any necessary staff to serve until the emergency apportionment is repaid, the school district has adequate fiscal systems and controls in place, and the Superintendent determines that the school district's future compliance with an approved fiscal plan is probable. Existing law authorizes the trustee, during the period of his or her service, to stay or rescind any action of the governing board of the school district that, in the judgment of the trustee, may affect the financial condition of the school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2279"
citation: "California AB 2279 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School districts: emergency apportionments: trustees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swanson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a1c0e26-6175-4b96-baf4-999c9afda0c0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2279"
source_hash: "83efef6b149a9744755b41675f547ab751e7d3cff7ae2fdc5be1c66e84a01dc4"
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 2279 (20112012) — School districts: emergency apportionments: trustees.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to request an emergency apportionment through the Superintendent of Public Instruction if the governing board of the school district determines during a fiscal year that its revenues are less than the amount necessary to meet its current year expenditure obligations. Under existing law, if a school district accepts an emergency apportionment, the Superintendent is required, among other things, to appoint a trustee who has recognized expertise in management and finance, and may employ, on a short-term basis, any staff necessary to assist the trustee. Existing law also requires the trustee and any necessary staff to serve until the emergency apportionment is repaid, the school district has adequate fiscal systems and controls in place, and the Superintendent determines that the school district's future compliance with an approved fiscal plan is probable. Existing law authorizes the trustee, during the period of his or her service, to stay or rescind any action of the governing board of the school district that, in the judgment of the trustee, may affect the financial condition of the school district.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2279&version=20110AB227999INT)
2. **05/02/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2279&version=20110AB227998AMD)
3. **07/02/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2279&version=20110AB227997AMD)
4. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2279&version=20110AB227996AMD)
5. **08/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2279&version=20110AB227995AMD)
6. **09/21/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2279&version=20110AB227993CHP)
7. **AB2279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2279)
8. **09/06/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2279&version=20110AB227994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2279 Swanson By Hancock — **24–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2279 SWANSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 2279 SWANSON Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-15** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5033.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** 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`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 4749.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 6415.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:10 p.m.
- **2012-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 429, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a1c0e26-6175-4b96-baf4-999c9afda0c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).