---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dependency proceedings: paternity."
description: "Dependency proceedings: paternity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1716"
citation: "California AB 1716 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dependency proceedings: paternity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Pacheco"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2000-01-03"
last_action: "2000-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee7b4be2-7fad-47b2-9791-fbe104fcea1f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1716"
source_hash: "cf4b187255370a0d88b06104500216c014c3b4254e4a127f1b9ecfecfc867e69"
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 1716 (19992000) — Dependency proceedings: paternity.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/03/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1716&version=19990AB171699INT)
2. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1716&version=19990AB171698AMD)
3. **07/03/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1716&version=19990AB171696CHP)
4. **AB1716** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1716)
5. **06/22/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1716&version=19990AB171697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1716 Robert Pache — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2000-06-22** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-06-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5236.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6092.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-01-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-04** From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
- **2000-01-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee7b4be2-7fad-47b2-9791-fbe104fcea1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).