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type: "Bill"
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title: "Marriage."
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description: "Existing law enumerates persons who are authorized to solemnize a marriage, including current Members of the Legislature, constitutional officers of this state, Members of Congress of the United States who represent a district within this state, elected mayors, city clerks, and county supervisors. Existing law requires county supervisors, city clerks, and elected mayors to obtain and review from the county clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization before the county supervisor, city clerk, or mayor first solemnizes a marriage."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 2761"
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citation: "California AB 2761 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Marriage."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2016-02-19"
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last_action: "2016-09-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96471aa0-4445-4e44-8fde-a269a2d2cfb1"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2761"
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source_hash: "2df862b095c5fa2dc4435ac44914e5be90347908aa9449ea5f5763541cc67b48"
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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 AB 2761 (20152016) — Marriage.
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Existing law enumerates persons who are authorized to solemnize a marriage, including current Members of the Legislature, constitutional officers of this state, Members of Congress of the United States who represent a district within this state, elected mayors, city clerks, and county supervisors. Existing law requires county supervisors, city clerks, and elected mayors to obtain and review from the county clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization before the county supervisor, city clerk, or mayor first solemnizes 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. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2761&version=20150AB276199INT)
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2. **04/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2761&version=20150AB276198AMD)
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3. **06/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2761&version=20150AB276197AMD)
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4. **08/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2761&version=20150AB276196AMD)
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5. **09/23/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2761&version=20150AB276194CHP)
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6. **AB2761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2761)
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7. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2761&version=20150AB276195ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB2761 Low By Roth — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2761 LOW Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2761 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Low — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2016-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4725.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-06-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-16** From Consent Calendar.
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- **2016-06-16** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5256.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 6398.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2016-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 528, Statutes of 2016.
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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/96471aa0-4445-4e44-8fde-a269a2d2cfb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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