---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child support: disabled noncustodial parents."
description: "Child support: disabled noncustodial parents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 891"
citation: "California AB 891 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child support: disabled noncustodial parents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a2ee6d0-6f24-46bc-910f-bd47c9d4f97e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB891"
source_hash: "c314c5c816acd5bb9a455ddd5c58f5f048b9c036031fa1863a60d2eaad18f6ea"
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 891 (20012002) — Child support: disabled noncustodial parents.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB891&version=20010AB89199INT)
2. **04/23/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB891&version=20010AB89198AMD)
3. **07/17/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB891&version=20010AB89197AMD)
4. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB891&version=20010AB89196AMD)
5. **10/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB891&version=20010AB89194CHP)
6. **AB891** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB891)
7. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB891&version=20010AB89195ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #26 AB891 Goldberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB891 Goldberg By Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 891 Goldberg Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 891 Goldberg Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 651, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 9787.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2843.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-07** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2001-08-30** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2448.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1688.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1166.)
- **2001-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1005.)
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a2ee6d0-6f24-46bc-910f-bd47c9d4f97e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).