SB 112 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.

SB 112 is a procedural bill that expresses the Legislature's intent to enact statutory changes to the Budget Act of 2025. It does not make immediate changes to the budget law but sets the stage for future legislative action to update the budget process. This bill directly affects the state's budgeting framework by signaling the Legislature's plan to revise the existing Budget Act of 2025 in upcoming sessions. It is a formal step toward potential policy adjustments, not a substantive change itself.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Jul 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Jul 2, 2026

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06/26/26 - Amended Assembly → SB112 · 2 edits

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01/23/25 - Introduced → 06/26/26 - Amended Assembly · 7 edits · Jun 26, 2026

MODERATE

SB 112 was transformed from a simple legislative intent bill into a comprehensive appropriation bill that amends the Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The original introduced version contained only a single section expressing the Legislature's intent to make changes to the 2025 budget. The amended version adds specific funding allocations across multiple state agencies, including a $10 million competitive grant program for organized retail theft prosecution, detailed State Department of Education appropriations exceeding $117 million with over 96 provisions, and specific park and open space project funding allocated to numerous cities.

SCOPE

The bill's scope expanded from amending only the Budget Act of 2025 to amending the Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, covering four fiscal years of state appropriations.

FISCAL

The bill changed from making no appropriation (original stated 'Appropriation: no') to making actual appropriations ('Appropriation: yes'), converting it from a placeholder intent bill into a real funding measure.

Added $10 million in competitive grants for district attorneys through the Organized Retail Theft Vertical Prosecution Grant Program, administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections. Grantees must employ vertical prosecution methodology, dedicate at least one deputy DA and one investigator to retail theft cases, and report annual data on cases filed, convictions, and sentences.

Added $117,478,000 in appropriations for the State Department of Education with over 96 detailed provisions covering curriculum services, special program support, administration, universal school meals, early education, career technical education, assessment systems, and numerous other programs.

Added Section 19.56 amendments to the Budget Act of 2022 specifying individual park and open space project allocations to dozens of cities including San Francisco ($6 million for Portsmouth Square renovation), Calexico ($15 million for New River Parkway), Anaheim ($15 million for Boysen Park), and many others.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the fiscal committee designation from 'no' to 'yes,' meaning the bill now requires review by the fiscal committee, consistent with its new status as an actual appropriation measure.

TIMELINE

Added specific reporting deadlines including January 1, 2027 and September 1, 2028 reports to the Legislature and Governor on the organized retail theft grant program outcomes, and various annual reporting requirements for the State Department of Education.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 20, 2025

How they voted

28–10

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Mar 20, 2025

D Democratic30

28 Yea 2

93% Yea

R Republican10

10 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jul 2, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET pursuant to Assembly Rule 97.

lower

Jun 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 434.) Ordered to the Assembly.

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

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

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors