--- type: "Bill" title: "Law libraries: charges." description: "(1) Existing law establishes a board of law library trustees in each county and requires each board to establish and maintain a law library at the county seat in the county in which it is appointed." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 711" citation: "California SB 711 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Law libraries: charges."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"] version_count: 5 action_count: 31 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2015-02-27" last_action: "2015-09-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64c810bb-4be6-4f4a-a2c9-c038e08120f8" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB711" source_hash: "42c437d5dab7c39b4471a6d3c17cd8c696544efeed0fbe2c608e70be1147ded9" 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 711 (20152016) — Law libraries: charges. (1) Existing law establishes a board of law library trustees in each county and requires each board to establish and maintain a law library at the county seat in the county in which it is appointed. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB711&version=20150SB71199INT) 2. **07/09/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB711&version=20150SB71198AMD) 3. **09/21/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB711&version=20150SB71196CHP) 4. **SB711** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB711) 5. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB711&version=20150SB71197ENR) ## Votes - Special Consent #9 — **40–0** (pass) · upper - SB 711 Wolk Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper - SB 711 Wolk Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Wolk — primary (person) - Alejo — coauthor (person) - Dodd — coauthor (person) - Wieckowski — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-27** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2015-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1. - **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 12. - **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 984.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1072.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-17** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-06-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2091.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2015-06-25** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling. - **2015-06-25** Ordered to the Assembly. - **2015-06-25** In Assembly. Held at Desk. - **2015-07-02** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate. - **2015-07-02** Ordered to third reading. - **2015-07-09** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-09** Ordered to third reading. - **2015-07-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee` - **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2639.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2015-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2379.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m. - **2015-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 318, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64c810bb-4be6-4f4a-a2c9-c038e08120f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).