republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-143.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts."
description: "(1) The California Constitution vests the judicial power of the state in the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts, and establishes the Judicial Council to, among other things, adopt rules of court and perform functions prescribed by statute. Existing law establishes the State Court Facilities Construction Fund and the Immediate and Critical Needs Account within that fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 143"
citation: "California AB 143 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Courts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d5e9ffb-71a4-4926-9616-90f15a0437a1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB143"
source_hash: "3eefcbbe38566329aebe6f31529001d53fc64bad6fd9aa6440b62ab180c667cf"
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 143 (20212022) — Courts.

(1) The California Constitution vests the judicial power of the state in the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts, and establishes the Judicial Council to, among other things, adopt rules of court and perform functions prescribed by statute. Existing law establishes the State Court Facilities Construction Fund and the Immediate and Critical Needs Account within that fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB143&version=20210AB14399INT)
2. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB143&version=20210AB14398AMD)
3. **06/27/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB143&version=20210AB14397AMD)
4. **07/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB143&version=20210AB14395CHP)
5. **AB143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB143)
6. **07/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB143&version=20210AB14396ENR)

## Votes

- 2nd Reading AB143 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 143 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 143 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **60–11** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 483.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1627.)
- **2021-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1658.)
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-01** Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1750.)
- **2021-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1757.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-07-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 2195.)
- **2021-07-01** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 2195.)
- **2021-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 11. Page 2200.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 79, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d5e9ffb-71a4-4926-9616-90f15a0437a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).