--- type: "Bill" title: "Notaries public: verification of identity: notice." description: "Existing law provides for the appointment and commission of notaries public by the Secretary of State. Existing law authorizes a notary public to execute a certificate of acknowledgment or proof of execution of an instrument, or a jurat attached to a sworn affidavit. Existing law requires a certificate of acknowledgment, proof of execution, and jurat to be in a specified form." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 1050" citation: "California SB 1050 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Notaries public: verification of identity: notice."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Monning"] version_count: 6 action_count: 24 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2014-02-18" last_action: "2014-08-15" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29a00eb-055d-48bc-87de-128c0139af79" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050" source_hash: "751e46bef4add31e5e14026eea1d15a1ad5aa42678b5395679e487ec8f83932f" 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 SB 1050 (20132014) — Notaries public: verification of identity: notice. Existing law provides for the appointment and commission of notaries public by the Secretary of State. Existing law authorizes a notary public to execute a certificate of acknowledgment or proof of execution of an instrument, or a jurat attached to a sworn affidavit. Existing law requires a certificate of acknowledgment, proof of execution, and jurat to be in a specified form. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050&version=20130SB105099INT) 2. **03/26/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050&version=20130SB105098AMD) 3. **06/02/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050&version=20130SB105097AMD) 4. **08/15/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050&version=20130SB105095CHP) 5. **SB1050** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050) 6. **08/05/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050&version=20130SB105096ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1050 Monning Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1050 Monning Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Monning — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2014-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction` - **2014-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21. - **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2014-03-19** Set for hearing April 1. - **2014-03-20** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2014-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-03-28** Set for hearing April 8. - **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3092.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 28. - **2014-04-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2014-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3329.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2014-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2014-06-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5705.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-06-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2014-08-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4293.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2014-08-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2014-08-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 197, Statutes of 2014. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d29a00eb-055d-48bc-87de-128c0139af79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).