republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1621.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Information System for California."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Department of Finance, the Controller, the Treasurer, and the Department of General Services to collaboratively develop, implement, utilize, maintain, and operate the Financial Information System for California (FISCal) as a single integrated financial management system that encompasses the management of resources and dollars in the areas of budgeting, accounting, procurement, cash management, financial management, financial reporting, cost accounting, asset management, project accounting, grant management, and human resources management. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature regarding the objectives of the FISCal system. Existing law requires the Office of the Financial Information System, upon its establishment, to implement the FISCal system, in a specified manner, with Wave One consisting of certain departments. Existing law requires the Department of Finance, before executing a contract for a prime vendor to implement the FISCal system, to submit a written report containing specified information to the Legislature for review no less than 30 days prior to the execution of the contract. Existing law limits the implementation of the FISCal system to specified departments and officers absent further express authorization of the Legislature. Existing law authorizes the State Public Works Board to issue debt to finance and refinance the costs of the FISCal system, specifically authorizes up $277,000,000 for this purpose, and specifically provides that, upon subsequent legislative approval, the board may issue additional debt up to $1,362,000,000, as specified. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to use General Fund appropriations for the cost of the FISCal system, and continuously appropriates funds and subaccounts to pay for the system's development, implementation, operation, and maintenance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1621"
citation: "California AB 1621 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Financial Information System for California."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-01-11"
last_action: "2010-10-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc6506b6-7ec8-4994-836b-f61b310d0101"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1621"
source_hash: "5181e13fbbb3db71162bf890fc9034db1033948d25c56bab1520cf774a3fec5f"
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 1621 (20092010) — Financial Information System for California.

(1) Existing law requires the Department of Finance, the Controller, the Treasurer, and the Department of General Services to collaboratively develop, implement, utilize, maintain, and operate the Financial Information System for California (FISCal) as a single integrated financial management system that encompasses the management of resources and dollars in the areas of budgeting, accounting, procurement, cash management, financial management, financial reporting, cost accounting, asset management, project accounting, grant management, and human resources management. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature regarding the objectives of the FISCal system. Existing law requires the Office of the Financial Information System, upon its establishment, to implement the FISCal system, in a specified manner, with Wave One consisting of certain departments. Existing law requires the Department of Finance, before executing a contract for a prime vendor to implement the FISCal system, to submit a written report containing specified information to the Legislature for review no less than 30 days prior to the execution of the contract. Existing law limits the implementation of the FISCal system to specified departments and officers absent further express authorization of the Legislature. Existing law authorizes the State Public Works Board to issue debt to finance and refinance the costs of the FISCal system, specifically authorizes up $277,000,000 for this purpose, and specifically provides that, upon subsequent legislative approval, the board may issue additional debt up to $1,362,000,000, as specified. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to use General Fund appropriations for the cost of the FISCal system, and continuously appropriates funds and subaccounts to pay for the system's development, implementation, operation, and maintenance.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/11/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1621&version=20090AB162199INT)
2. **04/19/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1621&version=20090AB162198AMD)
3. **10/06/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1621&version=20090AB162197AMD)
4. **10/19/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1621&version=20090AB162195CHP)
5. **AB1621** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1621)
6. **10/11/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1621&version=20090AB162196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1621 BUDGET Concurrence- Urgency Added By BLUMENFIELD — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB1621 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1621 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
- **2010-01-21** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-12** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4592.)
- **2010-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 7. Page 4804.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-27** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-05** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2010-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-10-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-10-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-10-07** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2010-10-07** Joint Rule 10.5 suspended. (Page 5222.)
- **2010-10-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 5232.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-10-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-10-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7134.)
- **2010-10-07** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 7142.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-10-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2010-10-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-10-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 727, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc6506b6-7ec8-4994-836b-f61b310d0101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).