republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1102.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Auditor."
description: "(1) Existing law sets out the authority and duties of the State Auditor in conducting audits and surveys of specified entities, and of contracting for goods and services on behalf of the Bureau of State Audits. Existing law provides for reimbursement of the State Auditor by annual appropriation in the Budget Act, for specified costs incurred by the State Auditor in the performance of certain duties. Existing law authorizes and provides access to the State Auditor and his or her authorized representatives to examine and reproduce various records of any agency of the state. Existing law provides that any law providing for the confidentiality of any records or property will not prevent the State Auditor from having access to those records or property, unless the law specifically refers to and precludes the State Auditor from accessing those records or property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1102"
citation: "California AB 1102 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Auditor."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c107711-9eb2-407a-b9df-01a90d0aa938"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1102"
source_hash: "7c7b1a90bd323e71a8348b84a59681179a0a297f5321e492bbe55f7c2af2575c"
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 1102 (20112012) — State Auditor.

(1) Existing law sets out the authority and duties of the State Auditor in conducting audits and surveys of specified entities, and of contracting for goods and services on behalf of the Bureau of State Audits. Existing law provides for reimbursement of the State Auditor by annual appropriation in the Budget Act, for specified costs incurred by the State Auditor in the performance of certain duties. Existing law authorizes and provides access to the State Auditor and his or her authorized representatives to examine and reproduce various records of any agency of the state. Existing law provides that any law providing for the confidentiality of any records or property will not prevent the State Auditor from having access to those records or property, unless the law specifically refers to and precludes the State Auditor from accessing those records or property.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1102&version=20110AB110299INT)
2. **04/04/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1102&version=20110AB110298AMD)
3. **04/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1102&version=20110AB110297AMD)
4. **06/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1102&version=20110AB110296AMD)
5. **06/20/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1102&version=20110AB110295AMD)
6. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1102&version=20110AB110294AMD)
7. **08/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1102&version=20110AB110293AMD)
8. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1102&version=20110AB110291CHP)
9. **AB1102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1102)
10. **09/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1102&version=20110AB110292ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 1102 LARA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **50–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1102 Lara By De León — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- AB 1102 LARA Assembly Third Reading — **51–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and P.E., R. & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 1499.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-30** Measure version as amended on August 29 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 2189.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 2919.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 328, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c107711-9eb2-407a-b9df-01a90d0aa938`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).