Government Code Sections 12900 et seq.

Compiled July, 2022

Our review of the annotated history reveals the following legislative history (every “c.” below represents a separate legislative bill):

Year/Chapter                                    § § affected [“f-” = former §]
1959, c. 121                                        12900 (f-Lbr 1410); 12903 (f-Lbr 1414); 12904 (f-Lbr 1415); 12905 (f-Lbr 1416); 12906 (f-Lbr 1417); 12920 (f-Lbr 1411);12921 (f-Lbr 1412); 12925 (f-Lbr 1413); 12926 (f-Lbr 1413); 12930 (f-Lbr 1419); 12935 (f-Lbr 1418); 12940 (f-Lbr 1420); 12960 (f-Lbr 1422); 12963 (f-Lbr 1421, 1423); 12963.7 (f-Lbr 1421); 12965 (f-Lbr 1423); 12973 (f-Lbr 1429); 12975 (f-Lbr 1430); 12993 (f-Lbr 1432 as 1431); 12996 (f-Lbr 1433 as 1432)

1959, c. 1681                                      12920 (f-H&S 35700); 12925 (f-H&S 35710); 12927 (f-H&S 35710); 12955 (f-H&S 35720; 35700)

1961, c. 1053                                      12925 (f-H&S 35710); 12927 (f-H&S 35710)
1961, c. 1623                                      12941 (f-UI 2072)
1963, c. 1853                                      12901 (f-H&S 35730); 12903 (f-Lbr 1414); 12920 (f-H&S 35700); 12925 (f-H&S 35710); 12927 (f-H&S 35710); 12935 (f-H&S 35730.5); 12955 (f-H&S 35720; 35700); 12965 (f-H&S 35732); 12980 (f-H&S 35731); 12983 (f-H&S 35734); 12984 (f-H&S 35735); 12985 (f-H&S 35736); 12986 (f-H&S 35737); 12993 (f-H&S 35740; 35743; 35744); 12995 (f-H&S 35741, 35742)

1965, c. 1185                                      12925 (f-Lbr 1413); 12926 (f-Lbr 1413)
1965, c. 1461                                      12962 (f-Lbr 1422.1)
1965, c. 1462                                      12963 (f-Lbr 1423); 12965 (f-Lbr 1423)
1965, c. 1463                                      12932 (f-Lbr 1421.1)
1965, c. 1464                                      12971 (f-Lbr 1426.5)
1967, c. 1506                                      12925 (f-Lbr 1413); 12926 (f-Lbr 1413); 12993 (f-Lbr 1432); 12996 (f-Lbr 1432)

1967, c. 1593                                      12940 (f-Lbr 1420); 12960 (f-Lbr 1422)
1968, c. 109                                        12925 (f-Lbr 1413); 12926 (f-Lbr 1413)
1968, c. 944                                        12927 (f-H&S 35711); 12988 (f-H&S 35739); 12995 (f-H&S 35745)

1968, c. 1245                                      12940 (f-Lbr 1420)
1968, c. 1320                                      12931 (f-Lbr 1419.7); 12932 (f-Lbr 1419.9)
1969, c. 609                                        12940 (f-Lbr 1420)
1969, c. 1063                                      12933 (f-Lbr 1420.5)
1969, c. 1539                                      12925 (f-Lbr 1413); 12926 (f-Lbr 1413)
1970, c. 1508                                      12920 (f-Lbr 1411); 12921 (f-Lbr 1412); 12930 (f-Lbr 1419); 12940 (f-Lbr 1420); 12993 (f-Lbr 1432)

1971, c. 1814                                      12930 (f-Lbr 1419)
1972, c. 618                                        12993 (f-Lbr 1432)
1972, c. 1128                                      12925 (f-Lbr 1413); 12926 (f-Lbr 1413)
1972, c. 1144                                      12941 (f-Lbr 1420.1)
1973, c. 1189                                      12920 (f-Lbr 1411); 12921 (f-Lbr 1412); 12925 (f-Lbr 1413); 12926 (f-Lbr 1413); 12930 (f-Lbr 1419); 12932 (f-Lbr 1419.9); 12940 (f-Lbr 1420); 12993 (f-Lbr 1432)

1974, c. 573                                        12940 (f-Lbr 1420)
1974, c. 1224                                      12935 (f-H&S 35730.5); 12955 (f-H&S 35720)
1975, c. 431                                        12920 (f-Lbr 1411); 12921 (f-Lbr 1412); 12925 (f-Lbr 1413); 12926 (f-Lbr 1413); 12930 (f-Lbr 1419); 12940 (f-Lbr 1420); 12993 (f-Lbr 1432)

1975, c. 914                                        12943 (f-Lbr 1420.2)
1975, c. 1189                                      12927 (f-H&S 35711); 12935 (f-H&S 35730.5); 12955 (f-H&S 35720; 35700); 12993 (f-H&S 35740); 12995 (f-H&S 35741.5, 35742)

1976, c. 851                                        12920 (f-H&S 35700)
1976, c. 1195                                      12920 (f-Lbr 1411); 12921 (f-Lbr 1412); 12930 (f-Lbr 1419); 12931 (f-Lbr 1419.7); 12940 (f-Lbr 1420); 12993 (f-Lbr 1432)

1977, c. 699                                        12940 (f-Lbr 1420)
1977, c. 851                                        12941 (f-Lbr 1420.1); 12942 (f-Lbr 1420.15)
1977, c. 1019                                      12925 (f-Lbr 1413); 12926 (f-Lbr 1413)
1977, c. 1187                                      12920 (f-H&S 35700); 12925 (f-H&S 35710); 12927 (f-H&S 35710); 12927 (f-H&S 35711); 12935 (f-H&S 35730.5); 12955 (f-H&S 35720; 35700)

1977, c. 1188                                      12901 (f-H&S 35730; f-Lbr 1419.1); 12904 (f-Lbr 1415); 12925 (f-Lbr 1413.1); 12925 (f-H&S 35710); 12926 (f-Lbr 1413.1); 12927 (f-H&S 35710); 12930 (f-Lbr 1419 & f-H&S 35730.6); 12931 (f-Lbr 1419.7); 12932 (f-Lbr 1419.9); 12935 (f-Lbr 1418); 12946 (f-Lbr 1420.4 as f-1430.1); 12960 (f-Lbr 1421); 12961 (f-Lbr 1421.1); 12962 (f-Lbr 1421.2); 12963 (f-Lbr 1422); 12963.7 (f-Lbr 1422); 12964 (f-Lbr 1422.1); 12965 (f-Lbr 1422.2); 12971 (f-Lbr 1426.5); 12973 (f-Lbr 1429); 12974 (f-Lbr 1429.1); 12975 (f-Lbr 1430); 12980 (f-H&S 35731); 12981 (f-H&S 35732); 12983 (f-H&S 35734); 12984 (f-H&S 35735); 12985 (f-H&S 35736); 12986 (f-H&S 35737)

1977, c. 1888                                      12935 (f-H&S 35730.5)
1978, c. 380                                        12980 (f-H&S 35731)
1978, c. 1190                                      12940 (f-Lbr 1420); 12942 (f-Lbr 1420.15)
1978, c. 1254                                      12925 (f-Lbr 1413; 1413.1); 12926 (f-Lbr 1413; 1413.1); 12946 (f-Lbr 1420.4); 12965 (f-Lbr 1422.2); 12930 (f-Lbr 1419); 12966 (f-Lbr 1422.5); 12976 (f-1430.3); 12990 (f-Lbr 1431); 12993 (f-Lbr 1432)

1978, c. 1321                                      12945 (f-Lbr 1420.35)
1978, c. 1338                                      12944 (f-Lbr 1420.3)
1978, c. 1361                                      12920 (f-Lbr 1411); 12921 (f-Lbr 1412); 12931 (f-Lbr 1419.7); 12932 (f-Lbr 1419.9); 12935 (f-Lbr 1418); 12947 (f-Lbr 1420.6); 12948 (f-Lbr 1420.8); 12960 (f-Lbr 1421); 12961 (f-Lbr 1421.1); 12962 (f-Lbr 1421.2); 12964 (f-Lbr 1422.1); 12965 (f-Lbr 1422.2); 12975 (f-Lbr 1430)

1979, c. 13                                          12945 (f-Lbr 1420.35)
1979, c. 226                                        12931 (f-Lbr 1419.7)
1979, c. 734                                        12942 (f-Lbr 1420.15)
1980, c. 619                                        12945.5
1980, c. 992                                        12900; 12901; 12902; 12903; 12904; 12905; 12906; 12920; 12921; 12925; 12926; 12927; 12930; 12931; 12932; 12933; 12935; 12940; 12941 (f-12941); 12942; 12943; 12944; 12945; 12946; 12947; 12948; 12955; 12960; 12961; 12962; 12963; 12964; 12965; 12966; 12971; 12973; 12974; 12975; 12976; 12980; 12981; 12983; 12984; 12985; 12986; 12988; 12990; 12993; 12995; 12996

1980, c. 1023                                      12930; 12963; 12963.1; 12963.2; 12963.3; 12963.4; 12963.5; 12963.7; 12965

1981, c. 11                                          12940
1981, c. 146                                        12942
1981, c. 270                                        12940
1981, c. 625                                        12903; 12935; 12941 (f-12941)
1981, c. 899                                        12930; 12963.3
1982, c. 454                                        12980; 12990
1982, c. 1184                                      12940
1982, c. 1193                                      12940; 12960
1983, c. 666                                        12942
1983, c. 1092                                      12975; 12976
1984, c. 217                                        12965; 12980
1984, c. 380                                        12940.1
1984, c. 420                                        12965; 12980
1984, c. 1754                                      12940
1985, c. 278                                        12904; 12905
1985, c. 1151                                      12926; 12940
1986, c. 656                                        12964; 12973; 12981
1987, c. 605                                        12940; 12946; 12956; 12980; 12983; 12986
1989, c. 1309                                      12932; 12940; 12942; 12988
1990, c. 15                                          12926; 12945
1991, c. 462                                        12945.2 (f-12945.2)
1992, c. 182                                        12920; 12927; 12930; 12931; 12935; 12955; 12955.1; 12955.2; 12955.3; 12955.4; 12955.5; 12955.6; 12980; 12981; 12984; 12986; 12989.1; 12989.2; 12989.3; 12995

1992, c. 427                                        12945.2 (f-12945.2)
1992, c. 907                                        12945
1992, c. 908                                        12950
1992, c. 910                                        12935
1992, c. 911                                        12920.5; 12926; 12930; 12965; 12993.5
1992, c. 912                                        12920; 12921; 12926; 12931; 12940; 12944; 12965; 12993
1992, c. 913                                        12920; 12921; 12926; 12931; 12940; 12940.3; 12944; 12993
1993, c. 580                                        12945.1
1993, c. 830                                        12955.9; 12995
1993, c. 711                                        12940
1993, c. 827                                        12945.2 (f-12945.2)
1993, c. 1214                                      12926
1993, c. 1277                                      12927; 12955; 12955.1; 12955.6; 12955.7; 12955.8; 12955.9; 12980; 12981; 12981.1; 12989.2; 12993; 12995

1994, c. 146                                        12945.2 (f-12945.2)
1994, c. 535                                        12947.5
1994, c. 1010                                      12925
1995, c. 169                                        12927
1995, c. 924                                        12927
1995, c. 938                                        12935
1996, c. 498                                        12948
1998, c. 99                                          12926
1998, c. 485                                        12940
1998, c. 931                                        12965; 12980
1999, c. 222                                        12941 (formerly 12941.1)
1999, c. 311                                        12926
1999, c. 589                                        12955; 12956.1
1999, c. 590                                        12955
1999, c. 591                                        12921; 12926; 12927; 12930; 12940; 12945; 12948; 12955; 12965; 12989.2; 12989.3

1999, c. 592                                        12920; 12921; 12926; 12930; 12931; 12935; 12940; 12944; 12955; 12955.8; 12993

1999, c. 797                                        12928; 12960
1999, c. 913                                        12922; 12926.2
2000, c. 189                                        12965
2000, c. 291                                        12956.1
2000, c. 1047                                      12940
2000, c. 1049                                      12926; 12926.1; 12940; 12955.3
2001, c. 295                                        12951
2001, c. 813                                        12965
2001, c. 909                                        12940
2001, c. 910                                        12926.2
2002, c. 294                                        12965
2002, c. 490                                        12950; 12960
2002, c. 525                                        12940; 12941
2002, c. 664                                        12940; 12965
2002, c. 803                                        12956.1
2003, c. 62                                          12965
2003, c. 159                                        12989.3
2003, c. 164                                        12926; 12949
2003, c. 447                                        12962; 12980; 12981; 12983
2003, c. 642                                        12955.1; 12955.1.1
2003, c. 671                                        12940
2004, c. 568                                        12955
2004, c. 647                                        12903; 12928; 12935; 12942; 12945; 12963.3; 12973; 12989.2
2004, c. 700                                        12926
2004, c. 933                                        12950.1
2005, c. 294                                        12963.3
2005, c. 297                                        12956.1; 12956.2
2005, c. 381                                        12990
2005, c. 642                                        12960
2006, c. 69                                          12950
2006, c. 737                                        12950.1
2007, c. 43                                          12965; 12980
2010, c. 130                                        12940
2010, c. 524                                        12920; 12921; 12927; 12955; 12955.8
2011, c. 261                                        12920; 12921; 12926; 12930; 12931; 12935; 12940; 12944; 12955; 12955.8; 12956.1; 12956.2; 12993

2011, c. 510                                        12945
2011, c. 678                                        12945; 12945.2 (f-12945.2)
2011, c. 719                                        12920; 12921; 12926; 12930; 12931; 12935; 12940; 12944; 12949; 12955; 12955.8; 12956.1; 12956.2

2012, c. 46                                          12901; 12903; 12904; 12905; 12906; 12907; 12925; 12930; 12935; 12944; 12946; 12947.5; 12950; 12950.1; 12961; 12963.5; 12964; 12965; 12966; 12973; 12974; 12975; 12980; 12981; 12981.1; 12983; 12985; 12988; 12989.1; 12989.2; 12990

Gov.Reorg.Plan No. 2 of 2011-12      12901; 12944

2012, c. 147                                        12901; 12944
2012, c. 181                                        12956.1; 12956.2
2012, c. 287                                        12926; 12940
2012, c. 448                                        12926
2012, c. 457                                        12926
2012, c. 701                                        12926
2013, c. 76                                          12926
2013, c. 88                                          12940
2013, c. 605                                        12956.1; 12956.2
2013, c. 691                                        12920; 12921; 12926; 12940
2014, c. 302                                        12940
2014, c. 306                                        12950.1
2014, c. 452                                        12926
2015, c. 122                                        12940
2016, c. 63                                          12930
2016, c. 188                                        12903
2016, c. 683                                        12926; 12926.05
2016, c. 714                                        12955.9
2016, c. 870                                        12930; 12935; 12957
2017, c. 789                                        12952
2017, c. 799                                        12904; 12905; 12926; 12930; 12932; 12940; 12940.1; 12942; 12943; 12945; 12945.2 (f-12945.2); 12956.2; 12960; 12962; 12965; 12980; 12986

2017, c. 858                                        12950; 12950.1
2018, c. 92                                          12993
2018, c. 824                                        12952
2018, c. 842                                        12950.3
2018, c. 951                                        12930; 12948
2018, c. 955                                        12923; 12940; 12950.2; 12964.5; 12965
2018, c. 956                                        12950; 12950.1
2019, c. 58                                          12926
2019, c. 215                                        12950.1
2019, c. 497                                        12950; 12950.1
2019, c. 599                                        12927
2019, c. 600                                        12927; 12955
2019, c. 601                                        12920; 12921; 12927; 12930; 12931; 12955; 12955.8; 12956.1; 12956.2
2019, c. 709                                        12960; 12965
2019, c. 711                                        12953
2019, c. 718                                        12945.2 (f-12945.2)
2019, c. 722                                        12950.1
2019, c. 834                                        12930
2020, c. 36                                          12921; 12926; 12940
2020, c. 45                                          12945.21
2020, c. 86                                          12945.2; 12945.2 (f-12945.2)
2020, c. 227                                        12950.1
2020, c. 363                                        12930; 12999
2020, c. 370                                        12926; 12950.1
2021, c. 278                                        12930; 12946; 12960; 12961; 12962; 12963.5; 12965; 12981; 12989.1
2021, c. 327                                        12945.2; 12945.21
2021, c. 352                                        12955
2021, c. 359                                        12956.1; 12956.2; 12956.3
2021, c. 401                                        12935; 12945.2
2021, c. 638                                        12964.5
2022, c. 28                                          12926.1; 12956.1
2022, c. 35                                          12930; 12965; 12981
2022, c. 48                                          12901; 12903; 12907; 12925; 12935; 12940; 12940.3; 12944; 12945

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