---
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: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1164"
citation: "California AB 1164 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of the codes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tran"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25e55c78-7ef8-4b4a-ae4b-c74c7ff9ede6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1164"
source_hash: "01925a8d0373a6577bc60fcac187c619c8066318ee52ac3b7d6cd2a7c7a96d29"
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 1164 (20092010) — 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. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1164&version=20090AB116499INT)
2. **06/01/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1164&version=20090AB116498AMD)
3. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1164&version=20090AB116496CHP)
4. **AB1164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1164)
5. **06/23/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1164&version=20090AB116497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1164 Tran — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1164 TRAN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1164 TRAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-15** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 986.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1297.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-06-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2196.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn from Governor.
- **2009-07-01** Ordered returned to enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 140, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25e55c78-7ef8-4b4a-ae4b-c74c7ff9ede6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).