Existing law establishes the California Law Revision Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to recommend changes in the law as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law and bring the law into harmony with modern conditions. Existing law requires the commission to file a report at each regular session of the Legislature containing a calendar of topics selected by the commission for study, which is subject to approval by concurrent resolution of the Legislature. Existing law authorizes the commission to recommend revisions to correct technical or minor defects in the statutes without the prior concurrent resolution of the Legislature referring the matter to it for study.
California AB 176 (20092010) — Maintenance of the codes.
Existing law establishes the California Law Revision Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to recommend changes in the law as it deems necessary to modify or eliminate antiquated and inequitable rules of law and bring the law into harmony with modern conditions. Existing law requires the commission to file a report at each regular session of the Legislature containing a calendar of topics selected by the commission for study, which is subject to approval by concurrent resolution of the Legislature. Existing law authorizes the commission to recommend revisions to correct technical or minor defects in the statutes without the prior concurrent resolution of the Legislature referring the matter to it for study.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
AB 176 SILVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Silva — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2009-02-03 From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
2009-03-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2009-03-17 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-03-18 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2009-03-23 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 626.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-03-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-04-30 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2009-05-06 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 1296.) 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.
2009-06-18 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2173.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2009-06-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:50 a.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 88, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b05e5f7f-07cd-4831-a3d3-8d02e2985d7e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).