republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-875.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solemnization of marriage: county sheriff."
description: "Existing law authorizes specified individuals to solemnize a marriage, including, among others, an authorized person of any religious denomination, a judge or magistrate, a current Member of the Legislature or constitutional officer of this state, and a current Member of Congress of the United States who represents a district within this state, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 875"
citation: "California SB 875 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Solemnization of marriage: county sheriff."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-01-14"
last_action: "2016-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a368d760-efe6-438c-97d4-6110b1b0b3d2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB875"
source_hash: "ec8e9efb77eed7fc500c141f2cc462e26931ebbb90474c4572e20f81020f619a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 875 (20152016) — Solemnization of marriage: county sheriff.

Existing law authorizes specified individuals to solemnize a marriage, including, among others, an authorized person of any religious denomination, a judge or magistrate, a current Member of the Legislature or constitutional officer of this state, and a current Member of Congress of the United States who represents a district within this state, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB875&version=20150SB87599INT)
2. **03/08/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB875&version=20150SB87598AMD)
3. **06/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB875&version=20150SB87597AMD)
4. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB875&version=20150SB87596AMD)
5. **08/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB875&version=20150SB87594CHP)
6. **SB875** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB875)
7. **08/12/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB875&version=20150SB87595ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB875 Gaines Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 875 Gaines Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 875 Gaines Senate Third Reading By GAINES — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 14.
- **2016-01-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3766.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3849.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5402.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-06-27** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2016-06-28** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2016-06-30** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
- **2016-06-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-01** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5713.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-10** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4880.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2016-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 211, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a368d760-efe6-438c-97d4-6110b1b0b3d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).