republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-740.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Oaths and affirmations."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 740"
citation: "California AB 740 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oaths and affirmations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4e51675-e5fe-4952-ae40-3daa578337ce"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740"
source_hash: "47b1e1c605b0c2c6563b041584ea82358eb3b0114df0da38429fe69d281bf061"
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 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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740&version=20170AB74099INT)
2. **03/06/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740&version=20170AB74098AMD)
3. **04/04/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740&version=20170AB74097AMD)
4. **07/21/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740&version=20170AB74095CHP)
5. **AB740** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740)
6. **07/06/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB740&version=20170AB74096ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4e51675-e5fe-4952-ae40-3daa578337ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).