---
type: "Bill"
title: "Spousal support."
description: "Spousal support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 808"
citation: "California AB 808 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Spousal support."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strom-Martin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6d8cffb-303f-4f38-9ecf-622c52387b2a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB808"
source_hash: "59108721d24f4b3ab44ee9cedad5a10135b7885ef3eeb2b540e19546c5cad735"
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 808 (19992000) — Spousal support.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB808&version=19990AB80899INT)
2. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB808&version=19990AB80898AMD)
3. **06/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB808&version=19990AB80897AMD)
4. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB808&version=19990AB80896AMD)
5. **09/01/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB808&version=19990AB80894CHP)
6. **AB808** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB808)
7. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB808&version=19990AB80895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 808 STROM-MARTIN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 808 STROM-MARTIN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB808 Strom-Martin By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Strom-Martin — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 284, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **1999-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 3282.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 2402.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-08** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-06-15** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 1743.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** 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`
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** 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/d6d8cffb-303f-4f38-9ecf-622c52387b2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).