---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic partnerships."
description: "Domestic partnerships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2580"
citation: "California AB 2580 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic partnerships."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ddd0bdc-8f9e-4491-8f69-79bc6a00d383"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2580"
source_hash: "ab1441501a2f14126da5c0ec15ee64fd986fa1d2e0ecde2ed9cb828166b7897e"
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 2580 (20032004) — Domestic partnerships.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2580&version=20030AB258099INT)
2. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2580&version=20030AB258098AMD)
3. **06/15/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2580&version=20030AB258097AMD)
4. **08/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2580&version=20030AB258096AMD)
5. **09/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2580&version=20030AB258094CHP)
6. **AB2580** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2580)
7. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2580&version=20030AB258095ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2580 goldberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2580 goldberg by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2580 goldberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but 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
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 947, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 44. Noes 28. Page 7305.) `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 22. Noes 13. Page 4955.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** 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`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 25. Page 5849.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 20). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/8ddd0bdc-8f9e-4491-8f69-79bc6a00d383`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).