republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2143.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County recorder: electronic recording."
description: "Existing law requires the county recorder in each county to complete a yearly statistical report on a specified form of documents recorded and filed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2143"
citation: "California AB 2143 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County recorder: electronic recording."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/317a2fb4-f3bd-4b59-9860-54d9a2460b0d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2143"
source_hash: "cd6c124f6f8104571e558e1b5be545fd09ff2f48fcb41e643fccda3c55f3da83"
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 2143 (20152016) — County recorder: electronic recording.

Existing law requires the county recorder in each county to complete a yearly statistical report on a specified form of documents recorded and filed.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2143&version=20150AB214399INT)
2. **04/12/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2143&version=20150AB214398AMD)
3. **06/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2143&version=20150AB214397AMD)
4. **06/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2143&version=20150AB214396AMD)
5. **09/16/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2143&version=20150AB214394CHP)
6. **AB2143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2143)
7. **08/23/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2143&version=20150AB214395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2143 IRWIN Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2143 Irwin By Leno — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2143 IRWIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2016-02-29** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4900.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4962.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6035.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/317a2fb4-f3bd-4b59-9860-54d9a2460b0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).