republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1487.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government: state funds."
description: "Existing law requires every state agency and court for which an appropriation has been made to submit to the Department of Finance for approval, a complete and detailed budget at such time and in such form as may be prescribed by the department, setting forth all proposed expenditures and estimated revenues for the ensuing fiscal year. Existing law requires the Department of Finance to, among other things, develop, issue, and implement consistent and adequate guidelines to be utilized by agencies required to submit budgets to the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1487"
citation: "California AB 1487 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State government: state funds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-01-10"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6f513d6-8561-4a90-a557-782acc451e16"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1487"
source_hash: "a78d82d11bb4eac7a8deba5bb88a114a56fac1d1dc446216a1b037750ff15876"
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 1487 (20112012) — State government: state funds.

Existing law requires every state agency and court for which an appropriation has been made to submit to the Department of Finance for approval, a complete and detailed budget at such time and in such form as may be prescribed by the department, setting forth all proposed expenditures and estimated revenues for the ensuing fiscal year. Existing law requires the Department of Finance to, among other things, develop, issue, and implement consistent and adequate guidelines to be utilized by agencies required to submit budgets to the department.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1487&version=20110AB148799INT)
2. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1487&version=20110AB148798AMD)
3. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1487&version=20110AB148796CHP)
4. **AB1487** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1487)
5. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1487&version=20110AB148797ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1487 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BLUMENFIELD — **52–24** (pass) · lower
- From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1487 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) By Leno — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 1487 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **47–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2012-02-09** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 4011.)
- **2012-03-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 4011.)
- **2012-03-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-03-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 23. Page 4094.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-03-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-07** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-23** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-08-24** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (August 23). `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 4903.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 6547.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 343, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6f513d6-8561-4a90-a557-782acc451e16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).