---
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: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1516"
citation: "California AB 1516 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of the codes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2831067-d2c7-49ce-9d99-9b6ed270b5ed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1516"
source_hash: "6a5c8a56864ab5e44539d5a6fc94b7f7947391b551ecfe14827aa5660a2bc84c"
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 1516 (20172018) — 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. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1516&version=20170AB151699INT)
2. **08/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1516&version=20170AB151698AMD)
3. **10/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1516&version=20170AB151696CHP)
4. **AB1516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1516)
5. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1516&version=20170AB151697ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1516 Cunningham By Anderson — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1516 CUNNINGHAM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 877.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** From Consent Calendar.
- **2017-06-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2345.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2938.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 561, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2831067-d2c7-49ce-9d99-9b6ed270b5ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).