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Last Updated: Mar 29, 2022     Views: 114

Where to find California legislative bills

 

1867–present

According to https://legalresearch.usfca.edu/califleghist/BillHistory, the San Francisco Public Library has bills from 1867 to the present.

 

The California State Library’s Witkin State Law Library has “selected California Assembly and Senate bills from 1867 and virtually all versions of the bills from 1876 to date”. 

https://www.library.ca.gov/law/californialaw/


 

1903–1987 (Senate Bills)

1911–1988 (Assembly Bills)

The HathiTrust website has California Senate bills from 1903–1987 and Assembly Bills from 1911–1988 available online at: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17KKJAqDRkptT__dk-J_qc4wDcSeVW2hMe-TrsNzrNzI/edit#gid=1564087070

 

1963-2004 

The Alameda County Law Library has Assembly and Senate bills available on microfiche from 1963-2004 

California legislature : Assembly and Senate bills [microfiche]

https://acll.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=16484

 

1993-2016

Versions of bills from 1993-2016 are available online at 

California State Legislature

http://www.legislature.ca.gov/port-bilinfo.html

 

1999-present

Versions of bills from 1999 to the present are available online at 

California Legislative Information Bill Search

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billSearchClient.xhtml

 

For more information on California legislative history, see:

 

UC Hastings

California Legislative History Research Guide: Home

https://libguides.uchastings.edu/cal-leg-history

 

Witkin State Law Library 

California Law

https://www.library.ca.gov/law/californialaw/

 

Witkin State Law Library 

California Legislative History: Basic Online Research

https://www.library.ca.gov/law/online-research/

 

HathiTrust

California Legislative Publications 1850 – 2009

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/mb?a=listis&c=1808948120

 

California State Assembly

Office of the Chief Clerk

Website has various legislative current and historical materials such as Statutes and Amendments to the Code from 1850-2008, various California State Assembly Journals, California State Assembly and Senate Final Histories, and Assembly Daily Files.

https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/archive-list

 

CALIFORNIA STATUTE-TO-BILL NUMBERS (1865-2020)
"Adapted from historic Tables of Laws Enacted, this interactive tool contains information regarding California statutes and their corresponding bill numbers dating back to 1865."

https://www.library.ca.gov/law/ca-statutes/