Description
The Senate Appropriations Committee is the most recent Senate committee to oversee bills which appropriate money or result
in a substantive expenditure or loss of revenue and which are not referred to the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee. The
Senate Appropriations Committee records consist of Bill Files, 1985-2008; Hearing Files, 1991-1996, 2001-2007; and Final Reports
2003-2007. Also included are the records of two subcommittees. The records of the Senate Subcommittee on Bonded Indebtedness
and Methods of Financing consist of Bill Files, 1987-1996, Hearing Files, 1989-1996; and Subject Files, 1988-1996. The records
of the Senate Subcommittee on Fiscal Oversight and Bonded Indebtedness consist of one hearing file from 2007.
Background
The Senate Appropriations Committee is the most recent Senate committee to oversee bills which appropriate money or result
in a substantive expenditure or loss of revenue and which are not referred to the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee. Additionally,
any bill having a digest which, indicates that the bill requires state reimbursement to local agencies or school districts
for costs mandated by the state shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Restrictions
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for possible infringement which may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives
collections.
Availability
While the majority of the records are open for research, any access restrictions will be noted in the record series descriptions.