---
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: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1754"
citation: "California AB 1754 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of the codes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-02"
last_action: "2023-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59d1f0ff-6b68-4db3-be8e-104f72b92e08"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1754"
source_hash: "881b95ccb889c4c3e7e08acfc855c158747774f0f45eb7ca0220cefbbe5329ac"
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 1754 (20232024) — 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. **03/02/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1754&version=20230AB175499INT)
2. **07/27/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1754&version=20230AB175497CHP)
3. **AB1754** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1754)
4. **07/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1754&version=20230AB175498ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1754 Judiciary Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB1754 JUD. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** From printer. May be heard in committee April 2.
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1180.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-07-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2038.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-07-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-07-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 131, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59d1f0ff-6b68-4db3-be8e-104f72b92e08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).