republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-405.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judgeships."
description: "Existing law provides that 16 subordinate judicial officer positions in eligible superior courts, as determined by the Judicial Council, shall be converted to judgeships. Beginning in the 2010–11 fiscal year, and upon subsequent authorization by the Legislature, 146 subordinate judicial officer positions in eligible superior courts, as determined by the Judicial Council, shall be converted to judgeships, upon the occurrence of specified conditions, including that the proposed action is ratified by the Legislature, either in the annual Budget Act or another legislative measure, except that no more than 16 positions may be converted to judgeships in any fiscal year. Notwithstanding these provisions, up to 10 additional subordinate judicial officer positions in eligible superior courts may be converted to judgeships in any fiscal year, commencing with the 2010–11 fiscal year. Each additional position may be converted to a judgeship only if the conversions will result in a judge being assigned to a family law or juvenile law assignment previously presided over by a subordinate judicial officer. Legislative ratification is required by statutory enactment other than the annual Budget Act for the conversion of the 10 additional subordinate judicial officer positions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 405"
citation: "California SB 405 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judgeships."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c77ca4a6-408a-4a3b-8b6e-773740ff911e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB405"
source_hash: "b4232473ac6dedef8fdb2a3698555096ec01c29a95e49e4ab0e0d6844de524b4"
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 405 (20112012) — Judgeships.

Existing law provides that 16 subordinate judicial officer positions in eligible superior courts, as determined by the Judicial Council, shall be converted to judgeships. Beginning in the 2010–11 fiscal year, and upon subsequent authorization by the Legislature, 146 subordinate judicial officer positions in eligible superior courts, as determined by the Judicial Council, shall be converted to judgeships, upon the occurrence of specified conditions, including that the proposed action is ratified by the Legislature, either in the annual Budget Act or another legislative measure, except that no more than 16 positions may be converted to judgeships in any fiscal year. Notwithstanding these provisions, up to 10 additional subordinate judicial officer positions in eligible superior courts may be converted to judgeships in any fiscal year, commencing with the 2010–11 fiscal year. Each additional position may be converted to a judgeship only if the conversions will result in a judge being assigned to a family law or juvenile law assignment previously presided over by a subordinate judicial officer. Legislative ratification is required by statutory enactment other than the annual Budget Act for the conversion of the 10 additional subordinate judicial officer positions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB405&version=20110SB40599INT)
2. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB405&version=20110SB40597CHP)
3. **SB405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB405)
4. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB405&version=20110SB40598ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 405 Corbett Senate Third Reading By FEUER — **53–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-11** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2011-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 415.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-11** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 1116.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1227.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 2742.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 705, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c77ca4a6-408a-4a3b-8b6e-773740ff911e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).