---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial officers: oaths and affirmations."
description: "Under existing law, a judicial officer, 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, other than a judge or justice who was retired by the Supreme Court for disability, to administer oaths and affirmations, if certified by the Commission on Judicial Performance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1028"
citation: "California AB 1028 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judicial officers: oaths and affirmations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f9bd2c4-0014-4055-8d65-d9fdeeae0a9b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1028"
source_hash: "9c0476babf9e778d58dd127cc1ba9e5c0291039b2ae62f3182f6373eb5bb2093"
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 1028 (20152016) — Judicial officers: oaths and affirmations.

Under existing law, a judicial officer, 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, other than a judge or justice who was retired by the Supreme Court for disability, to administer oaths and affirmations, if certified by the Commission on Judicial Performance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1028&version=20150AB102899INT)
2. **05/13/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1028&version=20150AB102898AMD)
3. **09/21/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1028&version=20150AB102896CHP)
4. **AB1028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1028)
5. **09/03/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1028&version=20150AB102897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1028 BONTA Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1028 Bonta By Hancock — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-04-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-05-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 12). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1817.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2298.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 308, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f9bd2c4-0014-4055-8d65-d9fdeeae0a9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).