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 also requires the California State Auditor to conduct audits requested by the Legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee relating to a state or local governmental agency or other publicly created entity. Existing law requires any state or local entity or agency to permit the California State Auditor to access specified documents, and makes it a misdemeanor for any person to fail or refuse to permit access, examination, and reproduction of these documents.
California AB 562 (20172018) — California State Auditor: interference.
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 also requires the California State Auditor to conduct audits requested by the Legislature's Joint Legislative Audit Committee relating to a state or local governmental agency or other publicly created entity. Existing law requires any state or local entity or agency to permit the California State Auditor to access specified documents, and makes it a misdemeanor for any person to fail or refuse to permit access, examination, and reproduction of these documents.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 562 MURATSUCHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
AB 562 MURATSUCHI Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB562 Muratsuchi et al. By Hernandez — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Muratsuchi — primary (person)
McCarty — author (person)
Ting — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2017-03-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1487.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-24 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2017-06-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-06-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-06-27 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2017-07-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-07-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-08-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2017-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2312.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-01 Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2017-09-06 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 6). committee-passage
2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3102.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 406, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cfdd1bc-bd16-4d5c-a108-2ac6df8c4eec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).