Existing law requires the Governor, the designated agency of the State Bar responsible for the evaluation of judicial candidates, and the Administrative Office of the Courts to annually collect demographic data relating to judicial applicants, judicial appointees or nominees, judicial candidates, and justices and judges, as specified, relative to ethnicity, race, and gender. These entities are required to release the demographic data on or before March 1 of each year. Existing law encourages members of judicial selection advisory committees to recommend candidates from diverse backgrounds and cultures, as specified.
California AB 1005 (20132014) — Judicial appointments: demographic data.
Existing law requires the Governor, the designated agency of the State Bar responsible for the evaluation of judicial candidates, and the Administrative Office of the Courts to annually collect demographic data relating to judicial applicants, judicial appointees or nominees, judicial candidates, and justices and judges, as specified, relative to ethnicity, race, and gender. These entities are required to release the demographic data on or before March 1 of each year. Existing law encourages members of judicial selection advisory committees to recommend candidates from diverse backgrounds and cultures, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1005 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Alejo — primary (person)
Achadjian — coauthor (person)
Corbett — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2013-03-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-03-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2013-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-04-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2013-05-13 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-05-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1474.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1517.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-05-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-06-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1603.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-07-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2013-08-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2385.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-08-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:40 p.m.
2013-08-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-08-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 113, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f2204db-8223-4fff-86cc-4ad1d139a754. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).