California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 875 — Solemnization of marriage: county sheriff.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 211, Statutes of 2016.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2016. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law authorizes specified individuals to solemnize a marriage, including, among others, an authorized person of any religious denomination, a judge or magistrate, a current Member of the Legislature or constitutional officer of this state, and a current Member of Congress of the United States who represents a district within this state, as specified. Existing law additionally authorizes a county supervisor, a city clerk, and a mayor, as specified, to solemnize a marriage, while that person holds office. Existing law requires the county supervisor, city clerk, or mayor to obtain and review from the county clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization before that person first solemnizes a marriage. This bill would additionally authorize a county sheriff, while that person holds office, to solemnize a marriage. The bill would delete the requirement that county supervisors, city clerks, and elected mayors obtain and review all available instructions for marriage solemnization before first solemnizing a marriage. The bill would make conforming changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 400 of the Family Code proposed by AB 2761, that would become operative only if AB 2761 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2017, and this bill is chaptered last.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 211, Statutes of 2016.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4880.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5713.) Ordered to the Senate.

  8. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended.

  10. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.

  12. In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  13. Ordered to the Assembly.

  14. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5402.) Ordered to the Senate.

  16. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  17. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8).

  18. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  19. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  20. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  21. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3849.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  22. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  23. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3766.) (May 3).

  24. Set for hearing May 3.

  25. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  26. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  27. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  28. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 14.

  29. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Special Consent SB875 Gaines Concurrence

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34002
Democratic 3000
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Hill — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Pan — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hancock — Not Voting
Hertzberg — Yea
Huff — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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SB 875 Gaines Senate Third Reading By GAINES

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 66004
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Campos — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Harper — Yea
Low — Yea
Gray — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brown — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Holden — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Brough — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Levine — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Cooley — Not Voting
Daly — Not Voting
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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SB 875 Gaines Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68002
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Brown — Yea
Harper — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Baker — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Kim — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Wood — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Consent Calendar 2nd

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35002
Democratic 3000
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Block — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hill — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Huff — Yea
Liu — Not Voting
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 875 do?
Existing law authorizes specified individuals to solemnize a marriage, including, among others, an authorized person of any religious denomination, a judge or magistrate, a current Member of the Legislature or constitutional officer of this state, and a current Member of Congress of the United States who represents a district within this state, as specified. Existing law additionally authorizes a county supervisor, a city clerk, and a mayor, as specified, to solemnize a marriage, while that person holds office. Existing law requires the county supervisor, city clerk, or mayor to obtain and review from the county clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization before that person first solemnizes a marriage. This bill would additionally authorize a county sheriff, while that person holds office, to solemnize a marriage. The bill would delete the requirement that county supervisors, city clerks, and elected mayors obtain and review all available instructions for marriage solemnization before first solemnizing a marriage. The bill would make conforming changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 400 of the Family Code proposed by AB 2761, that would become operative only if AB 2761 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2017, and this bill is chaptered last.
Who sponsors SB 875?
SB 875 is sponsored by Beth Gaines.
What is the current status of SB 875?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2016. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 875?
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