Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
6.1 KiB
type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
| type | title | description | jurisdiction | legislature | session | identifier | citation | classification | subjects | status | primary_sponsors | version_count | action_count | vote_count | first_action | last_action | source | source_identifier | source_url | source_hash | vintage | source_snapshot | retrieved_at | confidence | tags | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Sections 20 and 22 of Article XVI thereof, relating to state finance. | (1) The California Constitution establishes the Budget Stabilization Account and requires the Controller to transfer from the General Fund to the account, no later than October 1 of each fiscal year, a sum equal to 1.5% of the estimated amount of General Fund revenues for that fiscal year. The Department of Finance is required to report specified information to the Legislature, including (A) an estimate of the amount of General Fund proceeds of taxes that may be appropriated for that fiscal year, (B) an estimate of the portion of that amount that is derived from personal income taxes paid on net capital gains, and (C) the portion of the estimate in (B) that exceeds 8% of the estimate made in (A) . Notwithstanding the requirement for the Controller to transfer 1.5% of General Fund revenues for each fiscal year to the account, for the 2015–16 fiscal year to the 2029–30 fiscal year, inclusive, the California Constitution instead requires 50% of that amount and 50% of the amount described in (C) to be transferred to the Budget Stabilization Account. The California Constitution requires the remaining 50% to be appropriated for unfunded liabilities and other specified purposes. | us/states/ca | California Legislature | 20252026 | ACA 20 | California ACA 20 (20252026) |
|
|
enacted |
|
4 | 17 | 3 | 2026-06-22 | 2026-06-25 | openstates | ocd-bill/e0a92ae4-0494-4c62-9875-ab9c86abc58e | http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260ACA20 | 656c8e9aed4e17e4debe10cd798e1f17afecb07f52dfeb82dbd0c199f2c20ed0 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
|
California ACA 20 (20252026) — A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by amending Sections 20 and 22 of Article XVI thereof, relating to state finance.
(1) The California Constitution establishes the Budget Stabilization Account and requires the Controller to transfer from the General Fund to the account, no later than October 1 of each fiscal year, a sum equal to 1.5% of the estimated amount of General Fund revenues for that fiscal year. The Department of Finance is required to report specified information to the Legislature, including (A) an estimate of the amount of General Fund proceeds of taxes that may be appropriated for that fiscal year, (B) an estimate of the portion of that amount that is derived from personal income taxes paid on net capital gains, and (C) the portion of the estimate in (B) that exceeds 8% of the estimate made in (A) . Notwithstanding the requirement for the Controller to transfer 1.5% of General Fund revenues for each fiscal year to the account, for the 2015–16 fiscal year to the 2029–30 fiscal year, inclusive, the California Constitution instead requires 50% of that amount and 50% of the amount described in (C) to be transferred to the Budget Stabilization Account. The California Constitution requires the remaining 50% to be appropriated for unfunded liabilities and other specified purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 06/22/26 - Introduced (filed) — source
- 06/25/26 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- ACA20 (committee substitute) — source
- 06/25/26 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- W/O REF. TO FILE ACA20 Gabriel By Laird — 29–2 (pass) · upper
- ACA 20 GABRIEL Assembly Third Reading Amend By TANGIPA Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By AGUIAR-CURRY — 55–18 (pass) · lower
- ACA 20 GABRIEL Assembly Third Reading — 59–8 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Gabriel — primary (person)
- Hurtado — author (person)
- Laird — author (person)
- Valencia — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-06-22 Introduced. To print.
introduction - 2026-06-22 Referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee - 2026-06-22 Assembly Rule 46 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16.)
- 2026-06-22 Assembly Rule 66 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16.)
- 2026-06-23 From printer.
- 2026-06-25 Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
- 2026-06-25 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- 2026-06-25 Withdrawn from committee.
- 2026-06-25 Ordered to third reading.
- 2026-06-25 Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 8.)
amendment-passage, passage - 2026-06-25 In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
- 2026-06-25 Withdrawn from committee.
- 2026-06-25 Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
- 2026-06-25 Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 2.)
amendment-passage, passage - 2026-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage - 2026-06-25 Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 12 p.m.
- 2026-06-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 130, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0a92ae4-0494-4c62-9875-ab9c86abc58e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).