Bill Text: CA SB428 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Bill 428

Bill Title: State Auditor: permanent office.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Passed) 2025-07-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 91, Statutes of 2025. [SB428 Detail]

Download: California-2025-SB428-Chaptered.html

Senate Bill No. 428

CHAPTER 91

An act to amend Section 8544.4 of the Government Code, relating to the State Auditor, and making an appropriation therefor.

[ Approved by Governor July 30, 2025. Filed with Secretary of State July 30, 2025. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 428, Laird. State Auditor: permanent office.

Existing law requires the permanent office of the California State Auditor to be in Sacramento.

This bill would additionally authorize the permanent office to be within a 2-mile radius of the State Capitol Building, thereby allowing the permanent office to be located in the City of West Sacramento.

Existing law establishes within the State Treasury the State Audit Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund for the expenses of the State Auditor.

By authorizing the expenditure of moneys in that fund for additional purposes, this bill would create an appropriation.

Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 8544.4 of the Government Code is amended to read:

8544.4.

The permanent office of the California State Auditor shall be in Sacramento or within a two-mile radius of the State Capitol Building, where they shall be provided with suitable and sufficient offices. When in the California State Auditor’s judgment the conduct of the work requires, they may maintain offices at other places in the state.