republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1050.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notaries public: verification of identity: notice."
description: "Existing law provides for the appointment and commission of notaries public by the Secretary of State. Existing law authorizes a notary public to execute a certificate of acknowledgment or proof of execution of an instrument, or a jurat attached to a sworn affidavit. Existing law requires a certificate of acknowledgment, proof of execution, and jurat to be in a specified form."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1050"
citation: "California SB 1050 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Notaries public: verification of identity: notice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29a00eb-055d-48bc-87de-128c0139af79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050"
source_hash: "751e46bef4add31e5e14026eea1d15a1ad5aa42678b5395679e487ec8f83932f"
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 1050 (20132014) — Notaries public: verification of identity: notice.

Existing law provides for the appointment and commission of notaries public by the Secretary of State. Existing law authorizes a notary public to execute a certificate of acknowledgment or proof of execution of an instrument, or a jurat attached to a sworn affidavit. Existing law requires a certificate of acknowledgment, proof of execution, and jurat to be in a specified form.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050&version=20130SB105099INT)
2. **03/26/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050&version=20130SB105098AMD)
3. **06/02/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050&version=20130SB105097AMD)
4. **08/15/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050&version=20130SB105095CHP)
5. **SB1050** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050)
6. **08/05/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1050&version=20130SB105096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1050 Monning Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1050 Monning Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Monning — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2014-03-20** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3092.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2014-04-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3329.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5705.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4293.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-08-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 197, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d29a00eb-055d-48bc-87de-128c0139af79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).