---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notaries public: acceptance of identification."
description: "Existing law relating to property transfers specifies certain documents as allowable forms of identification for a credible witness, who, by oath or affirmation, attests to the identity of an individual executing a written instrument in the presence of, and acknowledged by, a notary public. Existing law provides that an inmate identification card that is current or has been issued within 5 years by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation if the inmate is in custody in prison is an allowable form of identification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1036"
citation: "California AB 1036 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Notaries public: acceptance of identification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9a7b892-a68d-420e-ad4e-b6d691c09054"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1036"
source_hash: "631fa7047359c9d825b14cd2d72c6c7ac0f06886c1d97520fa7c584bae5a4f6e"
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 1036 (20152016) — Notaries public: acceptance of identification.

Existing law relating to property transfers specifies certain documents as allowable forms of identification for a credible witness, who, by oath or affirmation, attests to the identity of an individual executing a written instrument in the presence of, and acknowledged by, a notary public. Existing law provides that an inmate identification card that is current or has been issued within 5 years by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation if the inmate is in custody in prison is an allowable form of identification.

## 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=201520160AB1036&version=20150AB103699INT)
2. **04/09/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1036&version=20150AB103698AMD)
3. **07/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1036&version=20150AB103696CHP)
4. **AB1036** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1036)
5. **06/19/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1036&version=20150AB103697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1036 QUIRK Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quirk — 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`
- **2015-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1389.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-21** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1490.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 42, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9a7b892-a68d-420e-ad4e-b6d691c09054`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).