A Bill History, located in the Final History (formerly called Final Calendar), lists all actions taken on a bill:
Bill Histories are listed chronologically by bill number. Make note of the bill authors and committees the bill was referred to, and dates of action. This information can help you find documents as discussed in the rest of this guide.
Once you have the overview provided by the Bill History, you need to track down legislative documents generated in the porcess. The following are the types of legislative documents you may work with to find clues to legislative intent—see these tabs for details of where to find, and what to look for in ...
Thousands of California legislative publications are available to read or download (including full-volume downloads if logged in as a UCB affiliate) via HathiTrust. You can browse available publications (by category tabs, such as "Assembly Final History"), sorted by year. Uses/date ranges include:
These collections are the result of a collaboration among the California Office of Legislative Counsel and librarians at the University of California, Stanford University, and the California State Library.