---
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: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 731"
citation: "California AB 731 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of the codes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallagher"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff18a121-d8a4-49ec-864f-f6a8a814af4a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB731"
source_hash: "0aff0a310d10270c78299deb9111f8118e6c562494141b7b12d65fbd3a10cc56"
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 731 (20152016) — 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. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB731&version=20150AB73199INT)
2. **07/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB731&version=20150AB73198AMD)
3. **09/21/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB731&version=20150AB73196CHP)
4. **AB731** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB731)
5. **08/26/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB731&version=20150AB73197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 731 GALLAGHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 731 GALLAGHER Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallagher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 885.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2111.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2554.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 303, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff18a121-d8a4-49ec-864f-f6a8a814af4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).