republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1293.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State Auditor: high-risk local government agency audit program."
description: "Existing law authorizes the California State Auditor to establish a high-risk local government agency audit program for the purpose of identifying, auditing, and issuing reports on any local government agency that the California State Auditor identifies as being at high risk for the potential of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement or that has major challenges associated with its economy, efficiency, or effectiveness. Existing law requires the California State Auditor to notify the Joint Legislative Audit Committee whenever he or she identifies a local government as at high risk. Existing law also requires that audits conducted pursuant to these provisions be approved by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1293"
citation: "California SB 1293 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State Auditor: high-risk local government agency audit program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4138914a-87ff-4639-bdd8-a0b3432c06e0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1293"
source_hash: "13b23cb9d43f5750718c3ed6e10d7b3fde409d5bb527d13e5f8ee5552487344e"
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 SB 1293 (20172018) — California State Auditor: high-risk local government agency audit program.

Existing law authorizes the California State Auditor to establish a high-risk local government agency audit program for the purpose of identifying, auditing, and issuing reports on any local government agency that the California State Auditor identifies as being at high risk for the potential of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement or that has major challenges associated with its economy, efficiency, or effectiveness. Existing law requires the California State Auditor to notify the Joint Legislative Audit Committee whenever he or she identifies a local government as at high risk. Existing law also requires that audits conducted pursuant to these provisions be approved by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1293&version=20170SB129399INT)
2. **04/16/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1293&version=20170SB129398AMD)
3. **07/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1293&version=20170SB129397AMD)
4. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1293&version=20170SB129396AMD)
5. **09/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1293&version=20170SB129394CHP)
6. **SB1293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1293)
7. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1293&version=20170SB129395ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1293 Lara Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1293 Lara et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)
- Muratsuchi — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-17** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 4785.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2018-05-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4223.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-07-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Obernolte.
- **2018-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6596.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5869.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 515, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4138914a-87ff-4639-bdd8-a0b3432c06e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).