--- type: "Bill" title: "Local government: omnibus." description: "(1) The Professional Land Surveyors' Act, among other things, requires a county recorder to store and index records of survey, and to maintain both original maps and a printed set for public reference. That act specifically requires the county recorder to securely fasten a filed record of survey into a suitable book." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 974" citation: "California SB 974 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Local government: omnibus."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governance and Finance"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2016-02-08" last_action: "2016-09-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d828fcbf-a2c9-4533-b956-75dbace7f7ed" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB974" source_hash: "22ec401b74f661200ea850c69a6be24c961bc45de05a6c3a8261ff25ab02b6f2" 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 974 (20152016) — Local government: omnibus. (1) The Professional Land Surveyors' Act, among other things, requires a county recorder to store and index records of survey, and to maintain both original maps and a printed set for public reference. That act specifically requires the county recorder to securely fasten a filed record of survey into a suitable book. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/08/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB974&version=20150SB97499INT) 2. **03/29/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB974&version=20150SB97498AMD) 3. **06/02/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB974&version=20150SB97497AMD) 4. **08/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB974&version=20150SB97496AMD) 5. **09/14/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB974&version=20150SB97494CHP) 6. **SB974** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB974) 7. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB974&version=20150SB97495ENR) ## Votes - SB 974 GOV.& F. Senate Third Reading By EGGMAN — **78–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar 2nd SB974 Committee On GOV. & F.(Hertzberg) — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Special Consent SB974 GOV. & F. — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2016-02-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10. - **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee` - **2016-03-29** Set for hearing April 6. - **2016-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3420.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18. - **2016-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2016-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3631.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2016-05-02** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). 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` - **2016-08-01** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon. - **2016-08-01** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-04** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-04** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 5884.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2016-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2016-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5429.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m. - **2016-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 366, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d828fcbf-a2c9-4533-b956-75dbace7f7ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).