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Tracing California Legislation

Bills & Bill Status

Bills are drafts of laws which propose new laws, or amend or repeal existing law.
Recent Bills

Bill information for sessions 1999-2000 - current
Bill information for sessions 1993-1994 through 2015-2016.
           •  Text of bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments, their status, history, votes, analysis, and veto messages.
           •  Search by keyword or author, or browse list of bills by session.

Bills are available in the Statutes of California if they were chaptered (became law),
and only in the language that was passed, not any previous drafts.
      In the library: 1855-   1st floor, Reference KFC 25 .C2
      OnlineStatutes 1993-2016     Legislative Council archived site
                        Search by chapter number and/or year;  also by keywords
                   Statutes 1999- current   Legislative Council current site
                        Search by chapter number and/or year;  also by keywords
                   Statutes 1850-2008 Clerk of the Assembly Archives

Older bills whether or not they were chaptered (became law):

To find bill numbers by subject:
Legislative Index.
     In the library:  Government Information, California L450 L4i
     Online: Current session's Part 1 
                 Current session's Part 2: Tables of Sections Affected
                 Prior sessions 2017-2018 on.   Select Legislative Index and Table of Sections Affected, Prior Sessions
                 Prior sessions 1999-2016

To find bill numbers by author,
and
To get a brief description of the bill
, its status and history (including Governor's action):
Assembly & Senate Histories (arranged by bill number and indexed by author
Summarize all legislation introduced and acted upon during the session
     Library retains latest Weekly History for each legislative session until the Final History is received.
     Also retains the Weekly History for the first February issue of the second year of each legislative session.

   Assembly Final History
         Available online 1881- 
         Updated by Assembly Weekly History  2003 -  and Assembly Daily History
         In the Library:  1st floor, Government Information, Calif L500 A1 H5a
   Senate Histories
         Available online 1881-
         In the Library:  1st floor, Government Information, Calif L500 A1 H5s