republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-78.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Administration of justice."
description: "(1) Existing law created the Legal Services Revolving Fund in the State Treasury. Existing law requires the Attorney General to charge the costs incurred in providing legal services. Existing law prohibits charges, except as approved by the Department of Finance, for legal services to be against the General Fund. Existing law requires the Controller to transfer the amount of the charges for services rendered from the agency's appropriation to the appropriation for the support of the Attorney General's Office; however, the Attorney General is prohibited from requesting an amount that exceeds the amount budgeted by the state agency for the Attorney General's legal services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "California SB 78 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Administration of justice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2011-01-10"
last_action: "2011-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f2e1ca0-3d0f-4ea0-9269-cb93617df602"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB78"
source_hash: "225d007cd01fafa22f186d4cce41e7509b12b2e98be7131ca1717cde2de30407"
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 78 (20112012) — Administration of justice.

(1) Existing law created the Legal Services Revolving Fund in the State Treasury. Existing law requires the Attorney General to charge the costs incurred in providing legal services. Existing law prohibits charges, except as approved by the Department of Finance, for legal services to be against the General Fund. Existing law requires the Controller to transfer the amount of the charges for services rendered from the agency's appropriation to the appropriation for the support of the Attorney General's Office; however, the Attorney General is prohibited from requesting an amount that exceeds the amount budgeted by the state agency for the Attorney General's legal services.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB78&version=20110SB7899INT)
2. **03/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB78&version=20110SB7898AMD)
3. **03/17/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB78&version=20110SB7897AMD)
4. **03/24/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB78&version=20110SB7895CHP)
5. **SB78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB78)
6. **03/21/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB78&version=20110SB7896ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB78 Committee on B. & F.R. — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 78 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **66–10** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB78 Committee on B. & F.R. — **26–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-02-10** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-02-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-02-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 166.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-02-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-03-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-03-17** Read third time and amended. (Page 607.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-17** (Corrected March 18.)
- **2011-03-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 10. Page 610.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-03-17** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-03-17** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 372.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 8:50 p.m.
- **2011-03-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 10, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f2e1ca0-3d0f-4ea0-9269-cb93617df602`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).