republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-32.md

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Bill	California State Auditor.	Existing law establishes the California State Auditor's Office, headed by the California State Auditor and under the direction of the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy, with specified duties that include, among others, conducting financial and performance audits as directed by statute. Existing law requires that the California State Auditor be chosen without reference to party affiliation and solely on the ground of fitness to perform the duties of the office and that, prior to selection, the California State Auditor possess a combination of education and experience in auditing and management necessary to perform the duties of the office. Under existing law, the California State Auditor is appointed by the Governor from a list of 3 qualified individuals nominated by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) by a vote of at least a majority of the committee membership from each house of the Legislature.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 32	California AB 32 (20172018)	bill	California State Auditor.	enacted	Rodriguez	4	16	2	2016-12-05	2017-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/51795dcc-e48e-4406-b1cc-0415cf33b41c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB32	e0d19c580e55b7cce3bb0a656cbd1a321eab7bb99f5e24f967572f91e31c902c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 32 (20172018) — California State Auditor.

Existing law establishes the California State Auditor's Office, headed by the California State Auditor and under the direction of the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy, with specified duties that include, among others, conducting financial and performance audits as directed by statute. Existing law requires that the California State Auditor be chosen without reference to party affiliation and solely on the ground of fitness to perform the duties of the office and that, prior to selection, the California State Auditor possess a combination of education and experience in auditing and management necessary to perform the duties of the office. Under existing law, the California State Auditor is appointed by the Governor from a list of 3 qualified individuals nominated by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) by a vote of at least a majority of the committee membership from each house of the Legislature.

Version chain

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

1. 12/05/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 10/09/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB32 (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/05/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB32 Rodriguez By Hueso — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rodriguez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-12-06 From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
• 2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2017-03-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 1644.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2301.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2017-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 606, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51795dcc-e48e-4406-b1cc-0415cf33b41c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).