---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child custody: abduction."
description: "Child custody: abduction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1516"
citation: "California AB 1516 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child custody: abduction."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3d4a617-e639-47af-8a26-b34fe16abadf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1516"
source_hash: "f0db0faee3356ecb0dd106588046a0f8cac89298b113c01e80f7b35c533b8793"
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 1516 (20032004) — Child custody: abduction.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1516&version=20030AB151699INT)
2. **06/05/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1516&version=20030AB151698AMD)
3. **07/14/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1516&version=20030AB151696CHP)
4. **AB1516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1516)
5. **06/30/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1516&version=20030AB151697ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1516 bates consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- consent calendar 2nd ab1516 bates — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1516 bates concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Haynes — coauthor (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 52, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2003-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2568.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-06-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1454.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1709.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** 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/e3d4a617-e639-47af-8a26-b34fe16abadf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).