---
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: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1170"
citation: "California AB 1170 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenanceofthecodes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f429223-7646-4873-aa7c-b5eb1127a0e6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1170"
source_hash: "af6d22a537ed599692a9129130a55e17fddffa8c91ebec95ab35afdf0e6ac4ce"
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 1170 (20252026) — 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. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1170&version=20250AB117099INT)
2. **07/28/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1170&version=20250AB117097CHP)
3. **AB1170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1170)
4. **07/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1170&version=20250AB117098ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1170 Dixon Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dixon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2041.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-07-10** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2025-07-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 67, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f429223-7646-4873-aa7c-b5eb1127a0e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).