California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 117 — State government: financial and administrative accountability.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 193, Statutes of 2013.

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  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 January 14, 2013. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under the Financial Integrity and State Manager's Accountability Act of 1983, the Legislature declares it to be the policy of the State of California that, among other things, each state agency must maintain effective systems of internal accounting and administrative control as an integral part of its management practices, and that those systems be evaluated on an ongoing basis through regular and ongoing monitoring processes. This bill would additionally make a legislative declaration of the policy that it be the responsibility of the Department of Finance, in consultation with the Controller and State Auditor, to establish specified guidelines for how the independence and objectivity of the persons tasked with monitoring processes are to be maintained. The act requires that state agency heads are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a system or systems of internal accounting, administrative control, and effective, independent, and objective ongoing monitoring of the internal accounting and administrative controls within their agencies. This bill would require that it be the responsibility of the Department of Finance, in consultation with the Controller and State Auditor, to establish guidelines to state agencies management on how the role of independent monitor should be staffed, structured, and its reporting function standardized so it fits within an efficient and normalized agency administrative framework.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 193, Statutes of 2013.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1844.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  7. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  10. Referred to Coms. on G.O. and GOV. & F.

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

  12. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1120.)

  13. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  14. From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 17).

  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. Referred to Com. on A. & A.R.

  17. From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.

  18. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Cooley · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Cooley

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

Consent Calendar 2nd

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35001
Democratic 3000
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Wright — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hill — Yea
De León — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Knight — Yea
Beall — Yea
Correa — Not Voting
DeSaulnier — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Torres — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Yee — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Democratic 2000
Total 10001
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Hernandez — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Correa — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Wright — Yea
De León — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 117 COOLEY Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 65003
Democratic 7000
Republican 4000
Total 76003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Daly — Yea
Stone — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Campos — Yea
Lowenthal — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Chau — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cooley — Not Voting
Donnelly — Yea
Nazarian — Not Voting
Nestande — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Yea
Logue — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Torres — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Garcia, Robert Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Democratic 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Ammiano — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Linder — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10000
Democratic 3000
Total 13000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Holden — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Salas — Yea
Medina — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

finance
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 117 do?
Under the Financial Integrity and State Manager's Accountability Act of 1983, the Legislature declares it to be the policy of the State of California that, among other things, each state agency must maintain effective systems of internal accounting and administrative control as an integral part of its management practices, and that those systems be evaluated on an ongoing basis through regular and ongoing monitoring processes. This bill would additionally make a legislative declaration of the policy that it be the responsibility of the Department of Finance, in consultation with the Controller and State Auditor, to establish specified guidelines for how the independence and objectivity of the persons tasked with monitoring processes are to be maintained. The act requires that state agency heads are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a system or systems of internal accounting, administrative control, and effective, independent, and objective ongoing monitoring of the internal accounting and administrative controls within their agencies. This bill would require that it be the responsibility of the Department of Finance, in consultation with the Controller and State Auditor, to establish guidelines to state agencies management on how the role of independent monitor should be staffed, structured, and its reporting function standardized so it fits within an efficient and normalized agency administrative framework.
Who sponsors AB 117?
AB 117 is sponsored by Cooley.
What is the current status of AB 117?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2013. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 117?
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