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Bill	Courts: judicial appointments.	The California Constitution requires the Governor to fill judicial office vacancies by appointment and to nominate candidates for election to the California Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 126	California AB 126 (20112012)	bill	Courts: judicial appointments.	enacted	Davis	7	24	6	2011-01-10	2011-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/8ecac74f-2a5d-4037-b797-4c9c0dda18e5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB126	41e9c282c9f54e168805803b839922651dc3b8bcf9546a6d87f6284ea71ae91a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 126 (20112012) — Courts: judicial appointments.

The California Constitution requires the Governor to fill judicial office vacancies by appointment and to nominate candidates for election to the California Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/10/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/16/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/25/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/09/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB126 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/09/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB126 Davis By Evans — 24–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 126 DAVIS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 51–27 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 126 DAVIS Assembly Third Reading — 48–27 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Davis — primary (person)
• Carter — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-01-11 From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
• 2011-01-27 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-04-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-05-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 1501.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-27 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2011-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 2167.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2011-09-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 2890.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 667, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ecac74f-2a5d-4037-b797-4c9c0dda18e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).