---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family law proceedings."
description: "Family law proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2148"
citation: "California AB 2148 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family law proceedings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5809ffe-b743-4e38-acdc-e7e189a2a0ee"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2148"
source_hash: "7a2fcc130d39a30001b12dfa79d04e121f8f4a262149353098ac5757733178bf"
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 2148 (20032004) — Family law proceedings.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2148&version=20030AB214899INT)
2. **04/28/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2148&version=20030AB214898AMD)
3. **07/02/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2148&version=20030AB214897AMD)
4. **09/10/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2148&version=20030AB214895CHP)
5. **AB2148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2148)
6. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2148&version=20030AB214896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2148 diaz by speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2148 diaz concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2148 diaz assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 472, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 7303.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 4950.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 5. Page 5979.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 4.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-27** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 20). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2004-02-18** 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/e5809ffe-b743-4e38-acdc-e7e189a2a0ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).