STATE OPERATIONS BUDGET

The bill title and version numbers were updated from 'A 10000--B' to 'A 10000--C' to indicate the bill has moved to the Senate and is in its third version.

The legislative history section was rewritten to document the bill's journey: it was read twice in the Senate, discharged from committee, amended, and recommitted, before being reported back to the Assembly.

The page number footer was updated from '12650-06-6' to '12650-07-6' to reflect the new page count in the revised document.

Added a new exemption (d) stating that appropriations for payments required by court orders or judgments cannot be withheld during a budget imbalance.

Added specific definitions for 'estimated general fund receipts' and 'estimated general fund disbursements' to standardize how the budget director calculates financial figures.

Modified the criteria for a 'general fund imbalance' to include a specific threshold of a $2 billion cumulative budget shortfall.

Minor formatting changes were made to the bill header, page numbers, and spacing within the text.

Corrected a line break in the header to properly display the bill number and date.

Reordered the explanatory notes to place the definition of formatting symbols (italics and brackets) immediately after the header, improving readability.