---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notaries public."
description: "Notaries public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 434"
citation: "California AB 434 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Notaries public."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Silva"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-16"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/907c7f52-180d-4fc7-bbdc-0e910ec13a70"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB434"
source_hash: "750c1b5459e4f006dadd8c8b6409ed584ecf96fcb3381dc22f3f36b8122b8215"
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 434 (20072008) — Notaries public.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/16/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB434&version=20070AB43499INT)
2. **03/22/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB434&version=20070AB43498AMD)
3. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB434&version=20070AB43497AMD)
4. **05/09/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB434&version=20070AB43496AMD)
5. **06/25/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB434&version=20070AB43495AMD)
6. **08/31/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB434&version=20070AB43494AMD)
7. **09/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB434&version=20070AB43493AMD)
8. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB434&version=20070AB43491CHP)
9. **AB434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB434)
10. **09/18/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB434&version=20070AB43492ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB434 Silva By Harman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 434 SILVA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 434 Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Silva — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 932.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-09** To inactive file on motion of Senator Denham.
- **2007-08-31** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2007-08-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2520.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3302.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 496, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/907c7f52-180d-4fc7-bbdc-0e910ec13a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).