---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: judgeships."
description: "Existing law allocates additional judgeships to various counties in accordance with uniform standards for factually determining additional need in each county, as approved by the Judicial Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 75"
citation: "California SB 75 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "judgeships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38eefdfc-abff-41fa-893c-c4eda308bf82"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB75"
source_hash: "fa199991e4919e353544ba3bddc55551352e198ccbe9e085e4e5c8f1a0d9ded4"
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 75 (20232024) — Courts: judgeships.

Existing law allocates additional judgeships to various counties in accordance with uniform standards for factually determining additional need in each county, as approved by the Judicial Council.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/11/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB75&version=20230SB7599INT)
2. **03/07/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB75&version=20230SB7598AMD)
3. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB75&version=20230SB7597AMD)
4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB75&version=20230SB7595CHP)
5. **SB75** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB75)
6. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB75&version=20230SB7596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 75 Roth Senate Third Reading By Cervantes — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB75 Roth et al. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roth — primary (person)
- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
- Essayli — principal coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Seyarto — coauthor (person)
- Wallis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2023-03-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 576.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1159.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1296.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** June 28 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2991.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 482, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38eefdfc-abff-41fa-893c-c4eda308bf82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).