The California State Library: Statewide Imagination Library Program.
Existing law establishes the California State Library as a state government agency under the control of an executive, who is required to be a technically trained librarian and known as the "State Librarian." Existing law requires the State Librarian, among other duties, to give advisory, consultive, and technical assistance to librarians and library authorities in public libraries and to assist all other authorities, state and local, in assuming their full responsibility for library service.
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SB 1183
California SB 1183 (20212022)
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The California State Library: Statewide Imagination Library Program.
California SB 1183 (20212022) — The California State Library: Statewide Imagination Library Program.
Existing law establishes the California State Library as a state government agency under the control of an executive, who is required to be a technically trained librarian and known as the "State Librarian." Existing law requires the State Librarian, among other duties, to give advisory, consultive, and technical assistance to librarians and library authorities in public libraries and to assist all other authorities, state and local, in assuming their full responsibility for library service.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1183 Grove Third Reading Urgency By Megan Dahle — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading SB1183 Grove et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1183 Grove et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Grove — primary (person)
Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
Chen — coauthor (person)
Limón — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-17 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-18 From printer.
2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2022-03-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2022-03-30 Set for hearing April 27.
2022-05-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3539.) (April 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
2022-05-16 May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-17 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3787.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-05-24 From special consent calendar on motion of Senator Grove.
2022-05-24 Ordered to third reading.
2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3977.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2022-06-29 Coauthors revised.
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-29 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Urgency clause adopted.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5271.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 992, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db194c2a-e685-40c2-b5ba-4a658f5e22db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).