---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child support enforcement."
description: "Child support enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 196"
citation: "California AB 196 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child support enforcement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuehl"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-01-21"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a47abef-b8ee-46a7-912a-28a006f2e9aa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB196"
source_hash: "68312ff831f3a6cf6d599a7acd629d69421424033940bbc2b3407f868b21c4f9"
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 196 (19992000) — Child support enforcement.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/21/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB196&version=19990AB19699INT)
2. **02/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB196&version=19990AB19698AMD)
3. **03/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB196&version=19990AB19697AMD)
4. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB196&version=19990AB19696AMD)
5. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB196&version=19990AB19695AMD)
6. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB196&version=19990AB19694AMD)
7. **07/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB196&version=19990AB19693AMD)
8. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB196&version=19990AB19691CHP)
9. **AB196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB196)
10. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB196&version=19990AB19692ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 196 KUEHL CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 196 KUEHL THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 196 KUEHL AMEND BY ACKERMAN LAY ON THE TABLE BY SHELLEY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB196 Kuehl By Burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kuehl — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — principal coauthor (person)
- Burton — principal coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Hayden — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Schiff — principal coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Villaraigosa — principal coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 478, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:15 a.m.
- **1999-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 33. Page 3292.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 9. Page 2295.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-14** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 31. Page 1850.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 23). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **1999-01-21** 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/6a47abef-b8ee-46a7-912a-28a006f2e9aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).