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CA SB 428

enacted

State Auditor: permanent office.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 428 pass?

Yes. CA SB 428 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-30. Latest recorded action (2025-07-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 91, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 428 about?

Existing law requires the permanent office of the California State Auditor to be in Sacramento. This bill would additionally authorize the permanent office to be within a 2-mile radius of the State Capitol Building, thereby allowing the permanent office to be located in the City of West Sacramento. Existing law establishes within the State Treasury the State Audit Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund for the expenses of the State Auditor. By authorizing the expenditure of moneys in that fund for additional purposes, this bill would create an appropriation.

Who sponsors CA SB 428?

Laird is the primary sponsor of CA SB 428, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires the permanent office of the California State Auditor to be in Sacramento. This bill would additionally authorize the permanent office to be within a 2-mile radius of the State Capitol Building, thereby allowing the permanent office to be located in the City of West Sacramento. Existing law establishes within the State Treasury the State Audit Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund for the expenses of the State Auditor. By authorizing the expenditure of moneys in that fund for additional purposes, this bill would create an appropriation.

Introduced
2025-02-18
Latest action
2025-07-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 91, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill,appropriation
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lairdauthor
  • Harabedianprincipal coauthor
  • Cabaldoncoauthor
  • Aguiar-Currycoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-19

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.

  3. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-12

    Set for hearing March 25.

  5. 2025-03-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 530.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  6. 2025-03-28

    Set for hearing April 7.

  7. 2025-03-28

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. 2025-04-07

    April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  9. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  10. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1199.) (May 23).

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  12. 2025-05-27

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  13. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1326.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  14. 2025-05-29

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  15. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on G.O.

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  16. 2025-06-26

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9).

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  18. 2025-07-10

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  19. 2025-07-17

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  20. 2025-07-17

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  21. 2025-07-25

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  22. 2025-07-30

    Approved by the Governor.

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  23. 2025-07-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 91, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-18Compare
  • 03/28/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-28Compare
  • 07/18/25 - Enrolled — 2025-07-18Compare
  • 07/30/25 - Chaptered — 2025-07-30Compare
  • SB428Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-03-25 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: other
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-04-07 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other

  • Special Consent SB428 Laird et al.

    2025-05-29 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Limón: other
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-25 · pass · 22-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Ramos: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alvarez: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-07-09 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Sanchez: yes

  • SB 428 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-07-17 · pass · 75-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Hart: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Alvarez: other
    • Bennett: other
    • Berman: other
    • Gallagher: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB428

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