republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-696.md

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Bill	Notaries public.	Existing law authorizes the Secretary of State to appoint and commission notaries public in the number the Secretary of State deems necessary for the public convenience. Existing law requires a notary public to keep one active sequential journal at a time of all official acts performed as a notary public. Existing law authorizes notaries public to act as notaries in any part of the state and prescribes the manner and method of notarizations. Existing law establishes various requirements to ensure the security of notary seals and imposes a civil penalty for a violation of those provisions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 696	California SB 696 (20232024)	bill	Notaries public	enacted	Portantino	8	28	8	2023-02-16	2023-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/edda72f5-d41d-4355-bf4b-8949abe2a944	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB696	e2efd37b0f0b464fc086c46afd6a768b57cc04eab48dde86c66076f21091ed6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 696 (20232024) — Notaries public.

Existing law authorizes the Secretary of State to appoint and commission notaries public in the number the Secretary of State deems necessary for the public convenience. Existing law requires a notary public to keep one active sequential journal at a time of all official acts performed as a notary public. Existing law authorizes notaries public to act as notaries in any part of the state and prescribes the manner and method of notarizations. Existing law establishes various requirements to ensure the security of notary seals and imposes a civil penalty for a violation of those provisions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/02/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB696 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB696 Portantino et al. — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 696 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Low — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB696 Portantino et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Portantino — primary (person)
• Low — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2023-05-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 895.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-05 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2023-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-16 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1180.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1348.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-15 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3006.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2603.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 291, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/edda72f5-d41d-4355-bf4b-8949abe2a944. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).