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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Name and gender change: prisons and county jails."
+description: "Existing law allows a person to apply for a change of name or gender, as specified. Existing law prohibits a person imprisoned in the state prison from filing a petition for a change of name unless permitted by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law requires a court to deny a petition for a name change made by a person under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, unless that person's parole agent or probation officer determines that the name change will not pose a security risk to the community and grants prior written approval."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "SB 310"
+citation: "California SB 310 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Name and gender change: prisons and county jails."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-13"
+last_action: "2017-10-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba38ebc2-55c3-43b3-bc16-b3a6be2e82c4"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB310"
+source_hash: "4d1919dd45c8da56bcb3b22a9cd0e0ffecfbca3f61db6b9a7ef282a585f8c523"
+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 310 (20172018) — Name and gender change: prisons and county jails.
+
+Existing law allows a person to apply for a change of name or gender, as specified. Existing law prohibits a person imprisoned in the state prison from filing a petition for a change of name unless permitted by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law requires a court to deny a petition for a name change made by a person under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, unless that person's parole agent or probation officer determines that the name change will not pose a security risk to the community and grants prior written approval.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB310&version=20170SB31099INT)
+2. **04/04/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB310&version=20170SB31098AMD)
+3. **05/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB310&version=20170SB31097AMD)
+4. **06/22/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB310&version=20170SB31096AMD)
+5. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB310&version=20170SB31095AMD)
+6. **10/15/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB310&version=20170SB31093CHP)
+7. **SB310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB310)
+8. **09/18/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB310&version=20170SB31094ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Unfinished Business SB310 Atkins et al. Concurrence — **27–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Atkins — primary (person)
+- Beall — coauthor (person)
+- Chiu — coauthor (person)
+- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
+- Eggman — coauthor (person)
+- Gloria — coauthor (person)
+- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
+- Wiener — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
+- **2017-02-23** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-08** Set for hearing March 28.
+- **2017-04-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 514.) (March 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-04-04** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
+- **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 18.
+- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 746.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
+- **2017-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
+- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1181.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2017-05-26** Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
+- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 1321.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2017-06-15** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2017-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 3266.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2017-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2017-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2885.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2017-10-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-10-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 856, Statutes of 2017.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba38ebc2-55c3-43b3-bc16-b3a6be2e82c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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