The Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) Act establishes the FI$Cal system, a single integrated financial management system for the state. Existing law requires that the system include a state transparency component that allows the public to have access to expenditure data using an Internet Web site. Existing law limits that public access to information regarding General Fund and federal fund expenditure data.
California AB 2198 (20172018) — State government: FI$Cal: transparency.
The Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) Act establishes the FI$Cal system, a single integrated financial management system for the state. Existing law requires that the system include a state transparency component that allows the public to have access to expenditure data using an Internet Web site. Existing law limits that public access to information regarding General Fund and federal fund expenditure data.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2198 OBERNOLTE Consent Calendar Second Day — 68–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Obernolte — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2018-02-26 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2018-03-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2018-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4644.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-04-25 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
2018-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-07-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5166.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-07 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-08-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-08-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-08-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 186, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aafb58b6-2a27-4462-b7d6-ab276f369d2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).