republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-97.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Act of 2017."
description: "This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2017–18 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 97"
citation: "California AB 97 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Budget Act of 2017."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e59c7f2-bd68-43fd-a5ba-f7d2889b5c15"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB97"
source_hash: "86d21db522e13f4076ca2225ef12010592a5bbde3a3847c3eae05adccc47ac81"
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 97 (20172018) — Budget Act of 2017.

This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2017–18 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB97&version=20170AB9799INT)
2. **05/22/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB97&version=20170AB9798AMD)
3. **06/10/17 - Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB97&version=20170AB9797AMD)
4. **06/27/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB97&version=20170AB9795CHP)
5. **AB97** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB97)
6. **06/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB97&version=20170AB9796ENR)

## Votes

- AB 97 TING Conference Report — **59–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 1511.)
- **2017-05-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-05-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 25. Page 1591.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-05-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-05-22** (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 1151.)
- **2017-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 1194.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-05-26** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 1707.)
- **2017-05-26** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 1707.)
- **2017-05-26** Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments. To Conference Committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 74. Page 1707.) `committee-failure`
- **2017-05-26** Joint Rules 28, 28.1, and 29 suspended. (Ayes 64. Noes 2. Page 1708.)
- **2017-05-26** Joint Rules 28, 28.1, and 29 suspended in the Senate.
- **2017-05-26** (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1195.)
- **2017-05-26** Assembly Members Ting, Chen, McCarty, Obernolte, and Weber appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2017-05-26** Assembly Member Arambula (Democratic Alternate) appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2017-05-26** Senators Mitchell, Lara, Moorlach, Nielsen, and Roth appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2017-06-09** From Conference Committee: Be adopted. Assembly (Ayes: 5 (Ting, Chen, McCarty, Obernolte, and Weber). Noes: 0.) Senate (Ayes: 4 (Mitchell, Lara, Moorlach, and Roth). Noes: 1 (Nielsen)).
- **2017-06-10** Conference committee report to print.
- **2017-06-15** Senate adopted Conference Committee report. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1556.) `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-15** Assembly adopts Conference Committee report. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 2227.). `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6:50 p.m.
- **2017-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 14, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e59c7f2-bd68-43fd-a5ba-f7d2889b5c15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).