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

The bill now amends the Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (not just 2025), covering Sections 19.56, 19.563, 19.569, 39.00, 39.10, 99.50, and adding new Section 15.04.

Hundreds of specific dollar-amount appropriations were added for local projects across categories including Parks and Open Space (e.g., $25M for California Citrus State Historic Park, $50M for Southeast Los Angeles Cultural Center), Education (e.g., $10M to UC Berkeley for public affairs coverage, $10M to CSU San Bernardino for Physician Assistant program), Public Safety and Fire Prevention (e.g., $13M for Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District training facility, $7M for 2026 FIFA World Cup municipal services), and Water/Infrastructure (e.g., $9M to Napa County for water infrastructure).

The appropriation status changed from 'no' to 'yes' and the fiscal committee status changed from 'no' to 'yes', indicating the bill now involves actual spending of state funds.

New allocation rules were added including: self-attestation as acceptable verification method, exemption from personal services contracting requirements, authority for advance lump-sum payments, Department of Finance authority to transfer allocating authority or use alternative fiscal agents (with 30-day notice to Joint Legislative Budget Committee), and a prohibition on using funds for purposes subject to Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

Various fund availability dates were specified, including general availability through June 30, 2024 for encumbrance and June 30, 2026 for expenditure, with specific extensions for certain items (e.g., Discovery Cube Orange County funds available until June 30, 2030; Selma fire station funds until June 30, 2029; FIFA World Cup grants through June 30, 2027).

A $100M appropriation to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for urban forestry grants to local educational agencies and nonprofit childcare facilities was added, with a requirement that no less than 30 percent be available for nonprofit childcare facilities.