---
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: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 1371"
citation: "California SB 1371 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of the codes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55e8a153-07e3-4191-bced-f4d3cbbefe23"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1371"
source_hash: "6cb19664e16ba443ce1aba08268693060c029fd01ddb29afcada15b9f7385035"
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 1371 (20192020) — 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. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1371&version=20190SB137199INT)
2. **09/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1371&version=20190SB137197CHP)
3. **SB1371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1371)
4. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1371&version=20190SB137198ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB1371 JUD. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1371 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-12** Set for hearing May 22.
- **2020-05-22** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3584.) (May 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3681.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-09** July 22 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-07-27** July 30 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-12** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5280.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 370, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55e8a153-07e3-4191-bced-f4d3cbbefe23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).