Friday, October 8, 2010

24 Pieces to the State Budget Puzzle

The comprehensive budget agreement passed by the Legislature includes 23 bills and a proposed constitutional amendment that will go before the voters in November of 2012. An analysis of the budget package is available here and information about each individual item in the budget, including votes, are available here.

The list of each item in the budget package – including the primary budget bill, budget trailer bills, and items negotiated as part of the budget agreement – is as follows:

Primary Budget Bill – SB 870
Education Trailer Bill – AB 1610
Suspension of Proposition 98 – SB 851
Human Services Trailer Bill – AB 1612
Health Trailer Bill – SB 853
Transportation Trailer Bill – SB 854 (Failed passage in the Senate)
Natural Resources Trailer Bill – SB 855
General Government Trailer Bill – SB 856
Judiciary Trailer Bill – SB 857
Revenues – SB 858
Elections – AB 1619
Budget Reform Constitutional Amendment – ACA 4
Public Works Board Trailer Bill – AB 1620
FI$CAL Trailer Bill– AB 1621
Redevelopment and Williamson Act – SB 863
Cash Management – AB 1624
CalPERS Transparency – SB 867
Public Safety Trailer Bill – AB 1628
Department of Developmental Services Trailer Bill – AB 1629
Small Businesses Stimulus – AB 1632
Reimbursement of State Mandates – SB 866
Medi-Cal Waiver – SB 208
Service and Volunteering – AB 10 x6
Pension Reform – SB 22 x6