republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-954.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controller: offset payments."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Controller to offset or deduct certain amounts due a city or county to satisfy certain state claims. Existing law requires the Controller, at the request of the city or county, to offset any amount due a city or county against any amount owing the person or entity by a state agency on a claim for a refund from the Franchise Tax Board or for a refund from the State Board of Equalization, under specified provisions of law, or winnings from the California State Lottery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 954"
citation: "California SB 954 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controller: offset payments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-01-05"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/289a5d72-5399-448d-b8f7-c31979fd2ad6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB954"
source_hash: "b7a3d5390aa5df910cf68ccfec0a0a76c6162e3d27d5b5f9fff06fe2178bf2a8"
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 954 (20112012) — Controller: offset payments.

Existing law authorizes the Controller to offset or deduct certain amounts due a city or county to satisfy certain state claims. Existing law requires the Controller, at the request of the city or county, to offset any amount due a city or county against any amount owing the person or entity by a state agency on a claim for a refund from the Franchise Tax Board or for a refund from the State Board of Equalization, under specified provisions of law, or winnings from the California State Lottery.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/05/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB954&version=20110SB95499INT)
2. **03/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB954&version=20110SB95498AMD)
3. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB954&version=20110SB95496CHP)
4. **SB954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB954)
5. **08/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB954&version=20110SB95497ENR)

## Votes

- SB 954 Liu Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — **77–1** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-01-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 5.
- **2012-02-02** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-03-06** Set for hearing March 21.
- **2012-03-21** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-03-22** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-03-23** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2012-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3120.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-04-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3404.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6016.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-21** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 650, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/289a5d72-5399-448d-b8f7-c31979fd2ad6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).