The California State Senate passed a bill Thursday to penalize obstruction of future audits made by the California State Auditor.
AB-562 was introduced by state Assemblymembers Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento and Philip Ting, D-San Francisco, in February but was amended in June after the California State Auditor, or CSA, found in April that UCOP had interfered with the audit process.