---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic partners."
description: "Domestic partners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 26"
citation: "California AB 26 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic partners."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Migden"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b0a2ea0-a6fa-4745-89a8-5812079a46b3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB26"
source_hash: "f605286a06db0d08042be7b236712d69f5e81d330fbc79e2ee7b229e86272a43"
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 26 (19992000) — Domestic partners.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/98 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB26&version=19990AB2699INT)
2. **04/08/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB26&version=19990AB2698AMD)
3. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB26&version=19990AB2697AMD)
4. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB26&version=19990AB2696AMD)
5. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB26&version=19990AB2695AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB26&version=19990AB2693CHP)
7. **AB26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB26)
8. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB26&version=19990AB2694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 26 MIGDEN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB26 Migden By Johnston — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 26 MIGDEN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Migden — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Johnston — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Knox — principal coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — author (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Murray — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Villaraigosa — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 588, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 41. Noes 36. Page 4295.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 3135.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2725.)
- **1999-08-30** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-19** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 38. Page 1993.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **1999-05-25** Passed on file. To inactive file - Rule 78. Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Migden.
- **1999-05-24** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1998-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
- **1998-12-07** 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/1b0a2ea0-a6fa-4745-89a8-5812079a46b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).