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type: "Bill"
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title: "Notaries public."
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description: "Existing law prohibits the acknowledgment of an instrument from being taken unless the officer taking it has \"satisfactory evidence\" that the person making the acknowledgment is the individual who is described in and who executed the instrument. Under existing law, \"satisfactory evidence\" means the absence of information, evidence, or other circumstances that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the person making the acknowledgment is not the individual he or she claims to be and, among other things, he or she presents a specified document that is either current or issued within 5 years that contains a photograph and description of the person named on it, the signature of the person, and a serial or other identifying number, as provided."
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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: "SB 997"
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citation: "California SB 997 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Notaries public."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2016-02-10"
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last_action: "2016-09-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/084f7aae-5d95-4156-9530-aa9d91c93fd0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB997"
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source_hash: "c2705a1694a0446657a56e76431e55591b274a44d9b9a283a34340a1d1680b62"
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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 SB 997 (20152016) — Notaries public.
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Existing law prohibits the acknowledgment of an instrument from being taken unless the officer taking it has "satisfactory evidence" that the person making the acknowledgment is the individual who is described in and who executed the instrument. Under existing law, "satisfactory evidence" means the absence of information, evidence, or other circumstances that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the person making the acknowledgment is not the individual he or she claims to be and, among other things, he or she presents a specified document that is either current or issued within 5 years that contains a photograph and description of the person named on it, the signature of the person, and a serial or other identifying number, as provided.
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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. **02/10/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB997&version=20150SB99799INT)
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2. **04/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB997&version=20150SB99798AMD)
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3. **04/20/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB997&version=20150SB99797AMD)
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4. **05/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB997&version=20150SB99796AMD)
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5. **06/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB997&version=20150SB99795AMD)
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6. **08/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB997&version=20150SB99794AMD)
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7. **09/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB997&version=20150SB99792CHP)
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8. **SB997** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB997)
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9. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB997&version=20150SB99793ENR)
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## Votes
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- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB997 Lara Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 997 Lara Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, E. — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **28–9** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lara — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2016-02-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
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- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-15** Set for hearing April 6.
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- **2016-03-31** April 6 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2016-04-05** Set for hearing April 13.
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- **2016-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-19** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 3558.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-04-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
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- **2016-05-09** May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
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- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4001.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 4087.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2016-06-13** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-21** June 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2016-06-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-23** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-11** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-11** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5880.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2016-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
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- **2016-08-25** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5387.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-26** Set for hearing August 29.
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- **2016-08-29** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 5501.) `committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5531.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
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- **2016-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 491, 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/084f7aae-5d95-4156-9530-aa9d91c93fd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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