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Deering’s California Codes, Annotated also provides a subject arrangement of general and permanent California laws and includes court rules and important uncodified acts. Annotations to judicial decisions, Legislative Counsel Opinions, attorney general opinions, the California Code of Regulations, as well as other publications such as California Jurisprudence (Cal Jur), and Witkin’s Summary of California Law, are included. Deering’s annotations are not entirely duplicative of West’s so you should check both sources for complete coverage of the code section.
An unannotated version of the Codes is available on the Internet:
The California codes on Lexis, Westlaw, and the California legislature's website are updated throughout the year and are generally current. However, the printed codes are updated only once a year through supplementary pocket parts. For changes that have occurred since the date of the last pocket part, and for newly passed legislation, you must turn to chapter laws and printed advance legislative services.
Chapter Laws (session laws or statutes) are published throughout the Legislative Session by the California Legislature and include the summary digest as well as the text of newly passed statutes. Each individual Chapter Law indicates its effect on a Code or a Code section (i.e. addition, amendment, etc.).
The chapter laws are available in print and on the California legislature's website:
West’s California Legislative Service is published throughout the year and contains the text of any new Chapter Laws passed by the California Legislature. It includes tables indicating Code sections affected by new legislation, Senate and Assembly bills chaptered into law, and changes in the California Rules of Court. A cumulative subject index is published in each volume and a final cumulative index is published at the end of the legislative session.
It is available in print and on Westlaw:
Deering’s California Codes Advance Legislative Service is also issued continuously throughout the year and contains the text of new Chapter Laws. It includes tables indicating Code sections affected by new legislation, Senate and Assembly bills chaptered into law, and changes in the California Rules of Court. A cumulative subject index is published in each volume and at the end of the legislative session.
It is available in print and on Lexis:
Finally, a Table of Sections Affected can be found in the Legislative Index published yearly. The Table of Sections Affected indicates the effect of pending and recently passed legislation on Code sections and will direct you to the appropriate bill number.
It is available in print and on the California legislature's website:
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