Bills are drafts of laws which propose new laws, or amend or repeal existing law.
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.
Older bills are available in the Statutes of California if they were chaptered (became law),
only in the language that was passed, not any previous drafts.
In the library: 1855- Reference KFC 25 .C2
Online: Statutes 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
Use the drop-down box to select Statutes, then select a year
To find bill numbers by subject:
Legislative Index.
In the library: Government Information, California L450 L4i
Current session's Part 1
Current session's Part 2: Tables of Sections Affected
Prior sessions 1999-2016
To find bill numbers by author,
or
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):
Assembly Final History
Government Information, Calif L500 A1 H5a
Available online 1881-
Senate Final History
Government Information, Calif L500 A1 H5s
these are updated by:
Assembly Weekly History
Government Information, Calif L500 A1 H48a
Available online current 2 years
Senate Weekly History
Government Information, Calif L500 A1 H48s
and
Assembly Daily History
Government Information, Calif L500 A1 H47a
Senate Daily History
Government Information, Calif L500 A1 H47s