--- type: "Bill" title: "Democratic Party: county central committees: appointment and election." description: "Existing law provides procedures for the election or appointment of members of county central committees of the Democratic Party. Existing law provides that a person is not eligible for appointment or election to a committee if the person is not registered as affiliated with the party at the time of the appointment or election. Existing law requires an elections official to attach a certificate to the declaration of candidacy for a person who seeks membership on a county central committee that certifies the person's eligibility for such membership." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 714" citation: "California SB 714 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Democratic Party: county central committees: appointment and election."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"] version_count: 8 action_count: 31 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2021-02-19" last_action: "2021-09-24" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18a6db83-d6b4-4a4b-b9da-684e0e6e3e9b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB714" source_hash: "558fdf76ca8d924ffa1ae4196ec870c60feffbe84b0104d3234fe695b556af87" 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 714 (20212022) — Democratic Party: county central committees: appointment and election. Existing law provides procedures for the election or appointment of members of county central committees of the Democratic Party. Existing law provides that a person is not eligible for appointment or election to a committee if the person is not registered as affiliated with the party at the time of the appointment or election. Existing law requires an elections official to attach a certificate to the declaration of candidacy for a person who seeks membership on a county central committee that certifies the person's eligibility for such membership. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB714&version=20210SB71499INT) 2. **03/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB714&version=20210SB71498AMD) 3. **03/25/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB714&version=20210SB71497AMD) 4. **04/27/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB714&version=20210SB71496AMD) 5. **07/06/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB714&version=20210SB71495AMD) 6. **09/24/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB714&version=20210SB71493CHP) 7. **SB714** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB714) 8. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB714&version=20210SB71494ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB714 Caballero et al. Concurrence — **30–6** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **27–1** (pass) · upper - SB 714 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Carrillo — **57–11** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended — **4–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Caballero — primary (person) - Carrillo — coauthor (person) - Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. - **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) - **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.) - **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-04-21** Set for hearing April 26. - **2021-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 915.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-04-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee` - **2021-05-07** Set for hearing May 17. - **2021-05-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2021-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 1. Page 1128.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-05-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-05-28** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee` - **2021-07-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-08-19** Coauthors revised. - **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 11. Page 2596.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2021-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2358.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m. - **2021-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 299, Statutes of 2021. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18a6db83-d6b4-4a4b-b9da-684e0e6e3e9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).