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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Parentage: assisted reproduction."
+description: "Existing law provides that the spouse of a woman who conceives through assisted reproduction with semen donated by a man not her husband is treated as if he or she were the natural parent of the child. Existing law further provides that the donor of semen provided to a licensed physician or to a licensed sperm bank for use in artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization of a woman other than the donor's wife is treated as if he were not the natural father of the child."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 960"
+citation: "California AB 960 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Parentage: assisted reproduction."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2015-02-26"
+last_action: "2015-10-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1350be86-8d93-4c20-a901-439f31cab82f"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB960"
+source_hash: "cab891f774480b2563f9f09823f178c527b2cd5888281741350c5408a0c6c0cc"
+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 960 (20152016) — Parentage: assisted reproduction.
+
+Existing law provides that the spouse of a woman who conceives through assisted reproduction with semen donated by a man not her husband is treated as if he or she were the natural parent of the child. Existing law further provides that the donor of semen provided to a licensed physician or to a licensed sperm bank for use in artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization of a woman other than the donor's wife is treated as if he were not the natural father of the child.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB960&version=20150AB96099INT)
+2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB960&version=20150AB96098AMD)
+3. **04/28/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB960&version=20150AB96097AMD)
+4. **06/19/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB960&version=20150AB96096AMD)
+5. **10/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB960&version=20150AB96094CHP)
+6. **AB960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB960)
+7. **08/26/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB960&version=20150AB96095ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 960 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 960 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB960 Chiu By Wolk — **29–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chiu — primary (person)
+- Eggman — coauthor (person)
+- Gordon — coauthor (person)
+- Leno — coauthor (person)
+- Low — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
+- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1478.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2015-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 2053.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2015-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 2551.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2015-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2015-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 566, Statutes of 2015.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1350be86-8d93-4c20-a901-439f31cab82f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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