---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic partnerships."
description: "Domestic partnerships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 25"
citation: "California AB 25 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic partnerships."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Migden"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-12-04"
last_action: "2001-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee11640c-a204-4b80-b2e6-6c4b86a93887"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB25"
source_hash: "e812a0043dedeb133c85ffaa0589ad80c7c0b7519d1a274ae21abfcfac78e5db"
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 25 (20012002) — Domestic partnerships.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB25&version=20010AB2599INT)
2. **03/08/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB25&version=20010AB2598AMD)
3. **04/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB25&version=20010AB2597AMD)
4. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB25&version=20010AB2596AMD)
5. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB25&version=20010AB2595AMD)
6. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB25&version=20010AB2594AMD)
7. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB25&version=20010AB2593AMD)
8. **10/14/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB25&version=20010AB2591CHP)
9. **AB25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB25)
10. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB25&version=20010AB2592ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Employment. — **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 Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 25 Migden Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB25 Migden By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 25 Migden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Migden — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Burton — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — author (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — author (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Murray — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Simitian — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Wesson — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 893, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** (Corrected September 14. )
- **2001-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 41. Noes 32. Page 3753.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 2752.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 31. Page 2249.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2000-12-06** From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
- **2000-12-04** 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/ee11640c-a204-4b80-b2e6-6c4b86a93887`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).