---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intestate succession: domestic partners."
description: "Intestate succession: domestic partners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2216"
citation: "California AB 2216 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Intestate succession: domestic partners."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keeley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7f6c60a-b45a-43ed-8f50-a908c3eb5f5f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2216"
source_hash: "d1533aa61127b2deed13b08a7732ce00c94246a5dbbd7c8dc298cf16884f1e56"
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 2216 (20012002) — Intestate succession: domestic partners.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2216&version=20010AB221699INT)
2. **04/25/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2216&version=20010AB221698AMD)
3. **06/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2216&version=20010AB221697AMD)
4. **09/10/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2216&version=20010AB221695CHP)
5. **AB2216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2216)
6. **08/22/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2216&version=20010AB221696ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2216 Keeley By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2216 Keeley Assembly Third Reading — **fail** (fail) · lower
- AB 2216 Keeley Assembly Third Reading File 64 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2216 Keeley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keeley — primary (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 447, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 43. Noes 27. Page 7912.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 5550.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-20** Reconsideration granted by unanimous consent. (Page 6228). Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 29. Page 6238.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 39. Noes 25. Page 6176.) Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Keeley. `reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-20** 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/e7f6c60a-b45a-43ed-8f50-a908c3eb5f5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).