---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage."
description: "Existing law enumerates persons who are authorized to solemnize a marriage, including any priest, minister, rabbi, or authorized person of any religious denomination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1140"
citation: "California SB 1140 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-21"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/604b7645-bdf2-4608-83e1-1060f4641b3a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1140"
source_hash: "272a9c4d0e07bdc611c0337d8be5219189bd9421dd6a9a269e06b73c6f3fa48a"
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 1140 (20112012) — Marriage.

Existing law enumerates persons who are authorized to solemnize a marriage, including any priest, minister, rabbi, or authorized person of any religious denomination.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1140&version=20110SB114099INT)
2. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1140&version=20110SB114098AMD)
3. **04/23/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1140&version=20110SB114097AMD)
4. **06/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1140&version=20110SB114096AMD)
5. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1140&version=20110SB114094CHP)
6. **SB1140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1140)
7. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1140&version=20110SB114095ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1140 Leno Concurrence — **21–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 1140 Leno Senate Third Reading By FEUER — **52–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2012-04-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3389.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 3735.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 6441.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 21. Noes 9. Page 4970.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 834, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/604b7645-bdf2-4608-83e1-1060f4641b3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).