republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-81.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2011."
description: "(1) Under existing law, the amount of revenue that a district may collect annually for general purposes, called a revenue limit, is calculated in accordance with various statutory formulas. A basic aid school district is a school district where property tax revenues exceed the revenue limit and the district consequently does not receive a state apportionment. Existing law also expresses legislative intent that basic aid school districts assume categorical funding reductions proportionate to the revenue limit reductions implemented for nonbasic aid school districts in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 fiscal years. Existing law requires calculations to implement the funding reductions, including, in specified circumstances, subtracting an amount determined by multiplying each district's 2011–12 fiscal year total revenue limit, subject to a specified deficit factor and calculated as specified, by 8.92%."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "California SB 81 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2011."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-01-10"
last_action: "2012-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22d8106c-9652-4384-8902-f2f0180f8765"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB81"
source_hash: "be75c8a0aaeaccc240d03d4453689fad594cf6cb059a5db21753d9cfcfed0538"
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 81 (20112012) — Budget Act of 2011.

(1) Under existing law, the amount of revenue that a district may collect annually for general purposes, called a revenue limit, is calculated in accordance with various statutory formulas. A basic aid school district is a school district where property tax revenues exceed the revenue limit and the district consequently does not receive a state apportionment. Existing law also expresses legislative intent that basic aid school districts assume categorical funding reductions proportionate to the revenue limit reductions implemented for nonbasic aid school districts in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 fiscal years. Existing law requires calculations to implement the funding reductions, including, in specified circumstances, subtracting an amount determined by multiplying each district's 2011–12 fiscal year total revenue limit, subject to a specified deficit factor and calculated as specified, by 8.92%.

## 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=201120120SB81&version=20110SB8199INT)
2. **01/19/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB81&version=20110SB8197AMD)
3. **01/30/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB81&version=20110SB8196AMD)
4. **02/10/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB81&version=20110SB8194CHP)
5. **03/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB81&version=20110SB8198AMD)
6. **SB81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB81)
7. **02/02/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB81&version=20110SB8195ENR)

## Votes

- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB81 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 81 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB81 Committee on B. & F.R. — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **20–5** (pass) · lower

## 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 167.) 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`
- **2012-01-19** 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`
- **2012-01-30** 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`
- **2012-01-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 5.) (January 31). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-02-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-02-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 8. Page 3677.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-02-02** In Senate.
- **2012-02-02** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-02** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2759.) Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-02-02** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 2765.) `committee-passage`
- **2012-02-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 2760.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-02-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2012-02-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-02-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 2, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22d8106c-9652-4384-8902-f2f0180f8765`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).