---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maintenance of the codes."
description: "Existing law directs the Legislative Counsel to advise the Legislature from time to time as to legislation necessary to maintain the codes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1171"
citation: "California SB 1171 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of the codes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ec16642-a4eb-41b3-b9aa-e687081c6e4a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1171"
source_hash: "cd79e351576f6f92941e1b28e136eb1ea6fdefa500e52076b4364271ebafe546"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1171 (20112012) — Maintenance of the codes.

Existing law directs the Legislative Counsel to advise the Legislature from time to time as to legislation necessary to maintain the codes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1171&version=20110SB117199INT)
2. **05/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1171&version=20110SB117198AMD)
3. **07/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1171&version=20110SB117196CHP)
4. **SB1171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1171)
5. **07/09/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1171&version=20110SB117197ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #15 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1171 Harman Consent Calendar Second Day — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2012-02-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3389.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3470.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5563.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-07-05** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4318.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 a.m.
- **2012-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 162, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ec16642-a4eb-41b3-b9aa-e687081c6e4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).