Under existing law, a judge or justice, among others, may administer oaths or affirmations. Existing law also authorizes a former judge or justice of a court of record in this state who retired or resigned from office to administer oaths and affirmations for a specified period of time if the former judge or justice requests and receives a certification from the Commission on Judicial Performance, and if a formal disciplinary proceeding was not pending at the time of his or her retirement or resignation. Existing law requires that an application for a certification include a medical certification establishing that he or she does not have a medical condition that could impair the applicant's ability to administer oaths and affirmations, as specified.
California AB 740 (20172018) — Oaths and affirmations.
Under existing law, a judge or justice, among others, may administer oaths or affirmations. Existing law also authorizes a former judge or justice of a court of record in this state who retired or resigned from office to administer oaths and affirmations for a specified period of time if the former judge or justice requests and receives a certification from the Commission on Judicial Performance, and if a formal disciplinary proceeding was not pending at the time of his or her retirement or resignation. Existing law requires that an application for a certification include a medical certification establishing that he or she does not have a medical condition that could impair the applicant's ability to administer oaths and affirmations, as specified.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd AB740 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Reyes — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-03-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-07 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-03-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-04-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-04-04 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-04-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1016.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-04-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-06-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-26 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2017-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1843.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-07-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2017-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 82, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a4e51675-e5fe-4952-ae40-3daa578337ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).