California Legislative Documents

• Overview of Legislative Process
• Text of Bills
• Text of Laws
• Indexes to Bills/Laws (including bill history)
• Other Legislative Documents
• Contact

Text of Laws

Statutes
Called "chapters" in California, statutes are the session laws as they were written at the time of passage. The Statutes of California is in chronological order as enacted, with no subject arrangement or indication whether a subsequent statute has amended or repealed a prior one.

• Statutes of California and digests of measures (1849 - present)
  Location: SSH Ref Stacks, Call Number: KFC 25 A25
• Statutes (1993 - present)
  Searchable database from the Legislative Counsel of California

Code
The Code is the body of law still in force, arranged by subject (eg Health and Safety Code). Note: UCSD does not retain previous editions of the California Code

• California Code from Westlaw Campus and LexisNexis Academic (latest edition only) [UCSD only]
• California law (latest edition only)
• West's annotated California Code (latest edition only)
  Location: SSH Ref Stacks, Call Number: KFC30.5 .W4

Indexes to Bills/Laws (including bill history)

Final History
Includes detailed bill history information. Organized by bill number. Also includes voice vote information. Earlier years (1893-1972) include subject index.

• Final history of Senate and Assembly bills …(1893)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks, Call Number: L500 F5
• Final calendar of legislative business (1897 - 1972, incomplete)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks, Call Number: L500 F5
• Senate final history (1973 - present)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks, Call Number: L500 A1 H5s
• Assembly final history (1973 - present)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks, Call Number:. L500 A1 H5a final

Legislative Index
Detailed subject index to all bills. Does not include a list of bills or bill history. For earlier years, see the Final History (1893-1972), above.

• Legislative index (latest edition only)
• Legislative index (1973 - present)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks, Call Number: L450 L4i

Digest of Legislation

Detailed listing of all bills with basic subject indexing. Includes summary of bill and later years include outcome (e.g. Vetoed by Governor).

• Legislative digest (1935 - 1957, incomplete)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks Call No. L 450 L44
• Digest of legislation (1958 - 1966, incomplete)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks Call No. L450 L45
• Digest of legislation (1987 - present)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks Call No. L551 S53

Summary Digest

Brief description of bills that became law with basic subject index.

• Statutes of California (1849-1935) (listed as "Table of Laws Enacted" or "Contents")
  Location: SSH Ref Stacks Call No. KFC 25 A25
• Summary Digest (1937-1965, incomplete)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks Call No. L400 S85
• Statutes of California (1966-present) (Summary Digest is in the last volume of each year)
  Location: SSH Ref Stacks Call No. KFC 25 A25

Other indexes

• Bill Information (1993 - present)
  Searchable database of information about all bills, including bill text, bill history and committee analyses if available.
• General Index to West's Annotated California Codes (latest edition only)
  Location: SSH Ref Stacks Call No. KFC 30.5 W4
  Subject index to the California code. Does not include bill history.
• Larmac consolidated index to the Constitution and laws of California (1951 - present, incomplete)
  Location: SSH Ref Stacks (earlier ed. In SSH Stacks) Call No. KFC 40 L3
  Subject index to the California code. Does not include bill history.
• Index to the laws of California, 1850-1920
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks Call No. L450 I53 1850-1920
  Includes subject index to bills. Does not include bill history.

Hearings / Reports

Note that most hearings and reports are not published or distributed. Those that are can be found in these indexes. Check Roger to see if UCSD owns a particular publication listed in these indexes.

• California Interim Legislative Committees and Reports (1937 - 1969, incomplete)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks Call No. L425 C64
• Hearings and reports of committees of the California Legislature (1961-1967)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks Call No. L530 H4
• Hearings and reports of committees of the California Legislature (1973-1984)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks Call No. L532 H4
• California Legislative Hearings & Reports (1984 - present)
  This is a database of the California legislative hearings and reports issued since 1984 that are available in the UC Hastings Law Library.

Journals

Official record of the proceedings of each house. They do not contain verbatim accounts, but they do list the actions taken. The Journals also include voice and roll call votes.

• Journal of the Assembly (1873 - present, incomplete)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks Call No. L500 J7a
• Journal of the Senate (1884 - present, incomplete)
  Location: SSH Docs CAL Stacks Call No . L500 J7s