California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 540 — State Auditor: Bureau of State Audits: budget.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 114, Statutes of 2009.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2009. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Existing law establishes the Bureau of State Audits under the direction of the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy and requires the bureau to be independent of the executive branch and legislative control in order to be free of organizational impairments to independence. This bill would require the bureau to provide the Department of Finance with the bureau's proposed budget for each fiscal year. The bill would also require the Department of Finance to include the bureau's proposed budget in the Governor's Budget without modification.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 114, Statutes of 2009.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.

  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  5. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1666.)

  6. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.

  7. Read second time. To third reading.

  8. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  9. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23).

  10. Referred to Com. on G.O.

  11. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  12. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1364.)

  13. Read second time. To Consent Calendar.

  14. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29).

  15. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14).

  16. Referred to Com. on B. & P.

  17. From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.

  18. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Monning · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Monning

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 121 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Special Consent #12 AB540 Monning

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33005
Republican 1000
Democratic 1001
Total 35006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Correa — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Romero — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wright — Yea
Corbett — Not Voting
Ashburn — Not Voting
Oropeza — Not Voting
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Huff — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Cedillo — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12000
Democratic 1001
Total 13001
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Harman — Yea
Negrete — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Wright — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Price — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 540 MONNING Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session

Passed 90 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 82002
Democratic 5000
Republican 3000
Total 90002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Lieu — Yea
Carter — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Charles — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Knight — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Duvall — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Bass — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Huber — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Evans — Yea
Yamada — Not Voting
Fuller — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19000
Democratic 1000
Republican 1000
Total 21000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Fuentes — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Price — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Monning — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar.

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10002
Republican 1000
Total 11002
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Eng — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Conway — Yea
Nava — Not Voting
Price — Not Voting
Smyth — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

finance
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does AB 540 do?
Existing law establishes the Bureau of State Audits under the direction of the Milton Marks "Little Hoover" Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy and requires the bureau to be independent of the executive branch and legislative control in order to be free of organizational impairments to independence. This bill would require the bureau to provide the Department of Finance with the bureau's proposed budget for each fiscal year. The bill would also require the Department of Finance to include the bureau's proposed budget in the Governor's Budget without modification.
Who sponsors AB 540?
AB 540 is sponsored by Monning.
What is the current status of AB 540?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2009. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 540?
Track AB 540 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on AB 540

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of AB 540

Last checked for changes 2 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →