The Assembly Appropriations Committee reviews every bill with any fiscal impact to the state government. The goal of the committee is responsible fiscal policy.
The Appropriations Committee hears more bills than any other committee in the California Legislature: in the 2023-24 Legislative Session alone, the committee heard 5,525 bills.
The committee's workload is considerable and crosses all policy jurisdictions. For this reason, the Appropriations Committee operates differently than other policy committees.