---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage."
description: "An existing provision of the California Constitution, which has been held unenforceable, states that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in this state. An existing statutory provision likewise provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1306"
citation: "California SB 1306 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b5f8e25-65ec-4fe9-8781-3749baf56b08"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1306"
source_hash: "377e08991a9dd091a0d2f910ffb8a35c41880302831962f29f85b85aba7f4048"
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 1306 (20132014) — Marriage.

An existing provision of the California Constitution, which has been held unenforceable, states that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in this state. An existing statutory provision likewise provides that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1306&version=20130SB130699INT)
2. **04/29/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1306&version=20130SB130698AMD)
3. **07/07/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1306&version=20130SB130696CHP)
4. **SB1306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1306)
5. **07/01/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1306&version=20130SB130697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 1306 Leno Senate Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — **54–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **25–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3092.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-29** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 3327.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 16. Page 5743.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-30** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-07-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 82, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b5f8e25-65ec-4fe9-8781-3749baf56b08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).