---
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: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 383"
citation: "California AB 383 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of the codes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wagner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cf4d41c-3086-480e-928c-7077cb1d1755"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB383"
source_hash: "025eb13a5fc6acf7df7fdf9d003b8b615e149aa3facedb2193b8509b3a1c5081"
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 AB 383 (20132014) — 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. **02/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB383&version=20130AB38399INT)
2. **04/22/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB383&version=20130AB38398AMD)
3. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB383&version=20130AB38397AMD)
4. **08/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB383&version=20130AB38395CHP)
5. **AB383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB383)
6. **07/10/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB383&version=20130AB38396ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 383 WAGNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 383 WAGNER Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wagner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 801.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1608.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-07-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2295.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 76, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cf4d41c-3086-480e-928c-7077cb1d1755`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).