---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts."
description: "(1) Existing law creates a board of law library trustees in every county, which governs the law library established for the county. Under existing law, a board of law library trustees is required to meet regularly every month on any appointed day, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 170"
citation: "California AB 170 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4318c8c7-0311-4200-865e-c8651f8ee319"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB170"
source_hash: "b1ae37503e44aa4a2dc5d9a507b67d19c0ab60ed12419f85ea2b3d73850093ce"
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 170 (20232024) — Courts.

(1) Existing law creates a board of law library trustees in every county, which governs the law library established for the county. Under existing law, a board of law library trustees is required to meet regularly every month on any appointed day, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB170&version=20230AB17099INT)
2. **02/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB170&version=20230AB17098AMD)
3. **06/22/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB170&version=20230AB17097AMD)
4. **07/02/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB170&version=20230AB17095CHP)
5. **AB170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB170)
6. **06/27/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB170&version=20230AB17096ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB170 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **13–4** (pass) · upper
- AB 170 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 170 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — **60–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 732.)
- **2023-03-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-03-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 863.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 4771.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-06-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-06-26** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2024-06-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2024-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 51, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4318c8c7-0311-4200-865e-c8651f8ee319`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).