---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paternity judgments."
description: "Paternity judgments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 252"
citation: "California AB 252 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Paternity judgments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 41
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2003-02-03"
last_action: "2004-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c028ce14-8ff8-48a9-b793-7ef26749ef43"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252"
source_hash: "485c9f9048e99214d2cff6d82eedada6165021e9dbc05ccfac61faeedb705464"
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 252 (20032004) — Paternity judgments.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252&version=20030AB25299INT)
2. **01/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252&version=20030AB25294AMD)
3. **05/12/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252&version=20030AB25298AMD)
4. **05/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252&version=20030AB25293AMD)
5. **06/04/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252&version=20030AB25297AMD)
6. **06/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252&version=20030AB25292AMD)
7. **06/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252&version=20030AB25291AMD)
8. **06/26/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252&version=20030AB25296AMD)
9. **06/30/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252&version=20030AB25295AMD)
10. **09/28/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252&version=20030AB25289CHP)
11. **AB252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252)
12. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB252&version=20030AB25290ENR)

## Votes

- ab 252 jackson concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab252 jackson by ashburn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 252 jackson motion to reconsider — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 252 jackson assembly third reading — **fail** (fail) · lower
- ab 252 jackson assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Ashburn — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 849, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7528.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5059.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-19** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-22** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** 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`
- **2004-05-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-05-24** 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`
- **2004-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4398.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-26** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-21** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **2004-01-20** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Jackson.
- **2003-09-05** To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Jackson.
- **2003-07-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2003-07-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2563.) From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-27** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 17). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-04** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 2106.)
- **2003-06-02** Motion to reconsider continued until next Legislative day.
- **2003-05-29** Motion to reconsider continued until next Legislative day.
- **2003-05-20** Motion to reconsider continued until Thursday, May 29.
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 34. Noes 30. Page 1776.) Motion to reconsider on the next Legislative day made by Assembly Member Jackson. `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (May 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2003-02-03** 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/c028ce14-8ff8-48a9-b793-7ef26749ef43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).