---
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: "SB 1171"
citation: "California SB 1171 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of the codes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d5a5d3d-6c75-4c68-b2e4-ff4485c5e572"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1171"
source_hash: "513ef42b90f3ea98672c5b7d5dde6aca78e6de1823af26af909dfe1f9c2add67"
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 (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. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1171&version=20150SB117199INT)
2. **05/16/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1171&version=20150SB117198AMD)
3. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1171&version=20150SB117196CHP)
4. **SB1171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1171)
5. **07/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1171&version=20150SB117197ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1171 Committee On JUD. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent # SB1171 Committee On JUD. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1171 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-17** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2016-03-30** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3336.) (March 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-31** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3430.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5402.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-06-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4654.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-07-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 86, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d5a5d3d-6c75-4c68-b2e4-ff4485c5e572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).