---
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: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 938"
citation: "California AB 938 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of the codes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davies"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/482e1e1a-cda8-4f41-9e7d-6b2e9d0596fb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB938"
source_hash: "7ffce3d8618b87f13d07d4488f48b867131577e467286112812cbce2bc69e220"
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 938 (20212022) — 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. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB938&version=20210AB93899INT)
2. **07/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB938&version=20210AB93897CHP)
3. **AB938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB938)
4. **07/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB938&version=20210AB93898ENR)

## Votes

- AB 938 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB938 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davies — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 863.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1717.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1907.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-12** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2021-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 124, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/482e1e1a-cda8-4f41-9e7d-6b2e9d0596fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).