---
type: "Bill"
title: "State agencies: boards, commissions, and reports."
description: "(1) Existing law requires various state agencies to submit certain reports, plans, evaluations, and other similar documents to the Legislature and other state agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "California SB 71 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State agencies: boards", "commissions", "and reports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2011-01-10"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80548ed9-4b9c-49c1-99f8-8cc4b7dc7b1c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB71"
source_hash: "c62efae25102a2010789f9d41e680a4ffcf063920bf04144e1bfb41eda0d6461"
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 71 (20112012) — State agencies: boards, commissions, and reports.

(1) Existing law requires various state agencies to submit certain reports, plans, evaluations, and other similar documents to the Legislature and other state agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB71&version=20110SB7199INT)
2. **03/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB71&version=20110SB7198AMD)
3. **06/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB71&version=20110SB7197AMD)
4. **08/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB71&version=20110SB7196AMD)
5. **08/27/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB71&version=20110SB7195AMD)
6. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB71&version=20110SB7193CHP)
7. **SB71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB71)
8. **09/07/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB71&version=20110SB7194ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB71 Committee on B. & F.R. — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB71 Leno Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 71 Leno Senate Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-02-10** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-02-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-02-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 164.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-02-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** (Corrected March 15.)
- **2011-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-28** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 6439.)
- **2012-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6553.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5014.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2012-09-12** (Corrected September 11.)
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 728, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80548ed9-4b9c-49c1-99f8-8cc4b7dc7b1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).