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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Oaths and affirmations."
+description: "Under existing law, a judge or justice, among others, may administer oaths or affirmations. Existing law also authorizes a former judge or justice of a court of record in this state who retired or resigned from office to administer oaths and affirmations for a specified period of time if the former judge or justice requests and receives a certification from the Commission on Judicial Performance, and if a formal disciplinary proceeding was not pending at the time of his or her retirement or resignation. Existing law requires that an application for a certification include a medical certification establishing that he or she does not have a medical condition that could impair the applicant's ability to administer oaths and affirmations, as specified."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "AB 740"
+citation: "California AB 740 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Oaths and affirmations."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-15"
+last_action: "2017-07-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4e51675-e5fe-4952-ae40-3daa578337ce"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740"
+source_hash: "47b1e1c605b0c2c6563b041584ea82358eb3b0114df0da38429fe69d281bf061"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 740 (20172018) — Oaths and affirmations.
+
+Under existing law, a judge or justice, among others, may administer oaths or affirmations. Existing law also authorizes a former judge or justice of a court of record in this state who retired or resigned from office to administer oaths and affirmations for a specified period of time if the former judge or justice requests and receives a certification from the Commission on Judicial Performance, and if a formal disciplinary proceeding was not pending at the time of his or her retirement or resignation. Existing law requires that an application for a certification include a medical certification establishing that he or she does not have a medical condition that could impair the applicant's ability to administer oaths and affirmations, as specified.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740&version=20170AB74099INT)
+2. **03/06/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740&version=20170AB74098AMD)
+3. **04/04/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740&version=20170AB74097AMD)
+4. **07/21/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740&version=20170AB74095CHP)
+5. **AB740** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740)
+6. **07/06/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740&version=20170AB74096ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Consent Calendar 2nd AB740 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Reyes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
+- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2017-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2017-04-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
+- **2017-04-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2017-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2017-04-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1016.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-04-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2017-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1843.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2017-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
+- **2017-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 82, Statutes of 2017.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4e51675-e5fe-4952-ae40-3daa578337ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+