republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-910.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County officers: auditors: qualifications."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person from being considered a legally qualified candidate for specified county offices and the office judge of the superior court unless the person has filed a declaration of candidacy, nomination paper, or statement of write-in candidacy, accompanied by documentation, which includes, among other things, declarations under penalty of perjury, sufficient to establish, in the determination of the official with whom the declaration or statement is filed, that the person meets each qualification established by specified provisions for service in that office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 910"
citation: "California AB 910 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County officers", "auditors", "qualifications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e124efe2-7024-41c3-a132-a46ec12a3e12"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB910"
source_hash: "d2f8f1f96fc9c89defedf96adea1d624d941dc88ca8e56a09c1a0120198be10f"
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 910 (20232024) — County officers: auditors: qualifications.

Existing law prohibits a person from being considered a legally qualified candidate for specified county offices and the office judge of the superior court unless the person has filed a declaration of candidacy, nomination paper, or statement of write-in candidacy, accompanied by documentation, which includes, among other things, declarations under penalty of perjury, sufficient to establish, in the determination of the official with whom the declaration or statement is filed, that the person meets each qualification established by specified provisions for service in that office.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB910&version=20230AB91099INT)
2. **04/10/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB910&version=20230AB91098AMD)
3. **09/06/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB910&version=20230AB91097AMD)
4. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB910&version=20230AB91095CHP)
5. **AB910** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB910)
6. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB910&version=20230AB91096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 910 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB910 Wilson By Niello — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 910 Wilson Consent Calendar Second Day — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1523.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-24** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2581.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3308.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 669, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e124efe2-7024-41c3-a132-a46ec12a3e12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).