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SB 991 California Senate · 2011-2012 Regular Session

Marriage: solemnization.

Summary
Existing law provides that a marriage may be solemnized by authorized persons of any religious denomination, by specified legislators, constitutional officers, and California Members of Congress, while those persons are currently holding that office, by specified justices, judges, and magistrates, both current and retired, by the county clerk, and by an elected city mayor, as specified. Existing law requires an elected mayor to obtain and review from the county clerk all available instructions for marriage solemnization before first solemnizing a marriage. This bill would additionally authorize a county supervisor to solemnize a marriage and would also impose the above-described requirements for the elected mayor on the county supervisor.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2012
Committee Review
Jun 2012
Senate Passage
May 2012
Assembly Passage
Jun 2012
Signed into Law
Jul 2012
Introduced Feb 1, 2012 Signed Jul 9, 2012
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2012 · Assembly Jun 25, 2012

How they voted

33–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 35
May 14, 2012
D Democratic23
23 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
10 Yea 2
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Jul 9, 2012
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Jun 25, 2012
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (71-0-1)
assembly
Jun 19, 2012
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 19).
lower
May 25, 2012
Committee
Referred to Com. on JUD.
lower
May 14, 2012
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0-2)
senate
May 7, 2012
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3388.) (May 1).
upper
Feb 16, 2012
Committee
Referred to Com. on JUD.
upper
Feb 1, 2012
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.