---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assignment orders: support: employment."
description: "Assignment orders: support: employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1706"
citation: "California AB 1706 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assignment orders: support: employment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-26"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca60594a-52ca-41d6-ad9b-426954314cc7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1706"
source_hash: "0c44bb72908748f0be0855b593c5ed85da5254f74aae0f7d5f6b8a54854b564d"
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 1706 (20032004) — Assignment orders: support: employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1706&version=20030AB170699INT)
2. **01/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1706&version=20030AB170698AMD)
3. **06/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1706&version=20030AB170697AMD)
4. **07/06/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1706&version=20030AB170696AMD)
5. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1706&version=20030AB170694CHP)
6. **AB1706** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1706)
7. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1706&version=20030AB170695ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1706 jud. concurrence in senate amendments by corbett — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1706 jud. assembly third reading by corbett — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1706 committee on jud. (corbett) by sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 369, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7126.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 0. Page 4789.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-06** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-10** 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`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 4358.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (January 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2003-02-26** 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/ca60594a-52ca-41d6-ad9b-426954314cc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).