republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-728.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government: financial reporting."
description: "Existing law, the State Leadership Accountability Act, provides that state agency heads are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a system or systems of internal accounting and administrative control within their agencies, as specified. Existing law requires state agency heads to, biennially, conduct an internal review and prepare a report on the adequacy of the agency's systems of internal accounting, administrative control, and monitoring practices. Copies of the reports are required to be submitted to the Legislature, the California State Auditor, the Controller, the Department of Finance, the Secretary of Government Operations, and to the State Library where the copy is required to be available for public inspection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 728"
citation: "California AB 728 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State government: financial reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hadley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deb1c792-f533-4b82-b7eb-62bb12798821"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB728"
source_hash: "3451ec11dbfc9eb1df249c61a4a93258eec99928f25df7d877e5550d260067f6"
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 728 (20152016) — State government: financial reporting.

Existing law, the State Leadership Accountability Act, provides that state agency heads are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a system or systems of internal accounting and administrative control within their agencies, as specified. Existing law requires state agency heads to, biennially, conduct an internal review and prepare a report on the adequacy of the agency's systems of internal accounting, administrative control, and monitoring practices. Copies of the reports are required to be submitted to the Legislature, the California State Auditor, the Controller, the Department of Finance, the Secretary of Government Operations, and to the State Library where the copy is required to be available for public inspection.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB728&version=20150AB72899INT)
2. **04/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB728&version=20150AB72898AMD)
3. **07/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB728&version=20150AB72897AMD)
4. **08/24/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB728&version=20150AB72896AMD)
5. **09/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB728&version=20150AB72894CHP)
6. **AB728** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB728)
7. **09/04/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB728&version=20150AB72895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 728 HADLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB728 Hadley By Morrell — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 728 HADLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 728 HADLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hadley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1348.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-21** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1878.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2355.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-17** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2015-08-17** Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2015-08-17** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2015-08-17** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2015-08-20** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2333.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2795.)
- **2015-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2810.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/deb1c792-f533-4b82-b7eb-62bb12798821`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).