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Bill	Marriage: solemnization.	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 a county supervisor or an elected city mayor, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1525	California AB 1525 (20132014)	bill	Marriage: solemnization.	enacted	Lowenthal	6	19	5	2014-01-17	2014-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/75f18b27-dd56-48aa-b4ce-fe296d709f38	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1525	0c56e4033544ce2a842299c3735ed946dd62440bef5f23c98a1a5f292eabedc9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1525 (20132014) — Marriage: solemnization.

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 a county supervisor or an elected city mayor, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/17/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/16/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/13/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/19/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1525 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/21/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 1525 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1525 Lowenthal By Lara — 28–8 (pass) · upper
• AB 1525 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — 64–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lowenthal — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-01-21 From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
• 2014-01-30 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-03-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-03-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-03-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 4239.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-03-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-04-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-06-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-06-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-13 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 4562.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-19 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6181.)
• 2014-08-19 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6183.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2014-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 450, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75f18b27-dd56-48aa-b4ce-fe296d709f38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).