republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1578.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Treasurer."
description: "Existing law requires the Treasurer to, among other things, receive and keep in the vaults of the Treasurer or deposit in banks or credit unions all moneys belonging to the state, keep an account of all moneys received and disbursed, and report daily to the Controller the amounts disbursed during the preceding day and the funds out of which the disbursements were paid. Existing law authorizes the Treasurer to appoint certain officers and employees, as specified. Existing law grants certain employees of the Treasurer's office when performing assigned duties, as specified, with the powers and authority conferred by law upon peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1578"
citation: "California SB 1578 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Treasurer."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-03-20"
last_action: "2012-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c088e6f-f582-4e53-9032-e4e8ae6e6296"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1578"
source_hash: "e5f55d99cf1bb804e06b64ef3c3117c6f412c3fbf0741d18af6420e4ee3f53ba"
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 1578 (20112012) — Treasurer.

Existing law requires the Treasurer to, among other things, receive and keep in the vaults of the Treasurer or deposit in banks or credit unions all moneys belonging to the state, keep an account of all moneys received and disbursed, and report daily to the Controller the amounts disbursed during the preceding day and the funds out of which the disbursements were paid. Existing law authorizes the Treasurer to appoint certain officers and employees, as specified. Existing law grants certain employees of the Treasurer's office when performing assigned duties, as specified, with the powers and authority conferred by law upon peace officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/20/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1578&version=20110SB157899INT)
2. **08/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1578&version=20110SB157897CHP)
3. **SB1578** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1578)
4. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1578&version=20110SB157898ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1578 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1578 Committee on G.O. — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-03-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-03-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 20.
- **2012-03-26** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-30** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2012-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3264.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3472.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5972.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 227, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c088e6f-f582-4e53-9032-e4e8ae6e6296`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).