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type: "Bill"
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title: "Marriage: solemnization."
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description: "Existing law provides that a marriage may be solemnized by authorized persons of any religious denomination, by specified legislators, constitutional officers, and California Members of Congress, while those persons are currently holding that office, by specified justices, judges, and magistrates, both current and retired, by the county clerk, and by an elected city mayor, as specified. Existing law requires an elected mayor to obtain and review from the county clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization before first solemnizing a marriage."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "SB 991"
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citation: "California SB 991 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Marriage: solemnization."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Runner"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2012-02-01"
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last_action: "2012-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67827261-c73e-445d-be5c-cd751e09d937"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB991"
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source_hash: "f81097033a2c00c7a89be7b573c0d1833861e423cf7e77575e41ab5e6b07829a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 991 (20112012) — Marriage: solemnization.
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Existing law provides that a marriage may be solemnized by authorized persons of any religious denomination, by specified legislators, constitutional officers, and California Members of Congress, while those persons are currently holding that office, by specified justices, judges, and magistrates, both current and retired, by the county clerk, and by an elected city mayor, as specified. Existing law requires an elected mayor to obtain and review from the county clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization before first solemnizing a marriage.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/01/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB991&version=20110SB99199INT)
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2. **05/08/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB991&version=20110SB99198AMD)
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3. **07/09/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB991&version=20110SB99196CHP)
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4. **SB991** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB991)
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5. **06/26/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB991&version=20110SB99197ENR)
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## Votes
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- Special Consent #10 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 991 Runner Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Runner — primary (person)
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- Wright — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2012-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
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- **2012-02-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-25** Set for hearing May 1.
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- **2012-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3388.) (May 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-05-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3496.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-05-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2012-05-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-06-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5421.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-06-25** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2012-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2012-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2012-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 63, Statutes of 2012.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67827261-c73e-445d-be5c-cd751e09d937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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