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Bill	Public officers and employees: oath of office.	The California Constitution requires Members of the Legislature, and all public officers and employees, to take and subscribe a specified oath of office or affirmation. The California Constitution permits inferior officers and employees to be exempted by law from this requirement. Existing law, in the case of particular officers, requires the oath, after being administered, to be filed in designated offices.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 630	California AB 630 (20152016)	bill	Public officers and employees: oath of office.	enacted	Linder	7	24	6	2015-02-24	2015-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/7e373454-b898-4c74-b0f7-7fed9d5fb13f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB630	e548779bebf97feae65e7bd611f8b604d4e41f80a306d6232d6cebbd727373da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 630 (20152016) — Public officers and employees: oath of office.

The California Constitution requires Members of the Legislature, and all public officers and employees, to take and subscribe a specified oath of office or affirmation. The California Constitution permits inferior officers and employees to be exempted by law from this requirement. Existing law, in the case of particular officers, requires the oath, after being administered, to be filed in designated offices.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB630 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/26/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 630 LINDER Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 630 LINDER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Linder — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1448.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2015-06-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2117.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2553.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 365, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e373454-b898-4c74-b0f7-7fed9d5fb13f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).