---
type: "Bill"
title: "State warrants: records."
description: "Existing law requires the Controller and Treasurer to each keep a register of all canceled warrants showing the number, date, and amount of each warrant, the fund out of which it was payable, and the date of cancellation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1475"
citation: "California SB 1475 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State warrants: records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governmental Organization"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-03-07"
last_action: "2016-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a423fbb-0c08-440e-9e2e-773f4a7cc289"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1475"
source_hash: "a0e22ac5ccb1685a1349b51156518ceaa20689155cc9ff5b8291af4be0e8a194"
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 1475 (20152016) — State warrants: records.

Existing law requires the Controller and Treasurer to each keep a register of all canceled warrants showing the number, date, and amount of each warrant, the fund out of which it was payable, and the date of cancellation.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/07/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1475&version=20150SB147599INT)
2. **04/21/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1475&version=20150SB147598AMD)
3. **08/19/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1475&version=20150SB147596CHP)
4. **SB1475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1475)
5. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1475&version=20150SB147597ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1475 G.O. Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1475 Committee On G.O. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governmental Organization — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-03-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 7.
- **2016-03-16** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-18** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3494.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2016-04-20** April 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2016-05-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3776.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-02** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5721.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2016-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 158, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a423fbb-0c08-440e-9e2e-773f4a7cc289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).