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Bill	Local government: omnibus.	(1) The Professional Land Surveyors' Act, among other things, requires a county recorder to store and index records of survey, and to maintain both original maps and a printed set for public reference. That act specifically requires the county recorder to securely fasten a filed record of survey into a suitable book.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 974	California SB 974 (20152016)	bill	Local government: omnibus.	enacted	Committee on Governance and Finance	7	27	6	2016-02-08	2016-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/d828fcbf-a2c9-4533-b956-75dbace7f7ed	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB974	22ec401b74f661200ea850c69a6be24c961bc45de05a6c3a8261ff25ab02b6f2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 974 (20152016) — Local government: omnibus.

(1) The Professional Land Surveyors' Act, among other things, requires a county recorder to store and index records of survey, and to maintain both original maps and a printed set for public reference. That act specifically requires the county recorder to securely fasten a filed record of survey into a suitable book.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/02/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/04/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/14/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB974 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/26/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 974 GOV.& F. Senate Third Reading By EGGMAN — 78–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB974 Committee On GOV. & F.(Hertzberg) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB974 GOV. & F. — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-08 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-02-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2016-03-29 Set for hearing April 6.
• 2016-03-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3420.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-08 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2016-04-18 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2016-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3631.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-05-02 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2016-06-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
• 2016-08-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-04 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-04 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 5884.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2016-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5429.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 366, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d828fcbf-a2c9-4533-b956-75dbace7f7ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).