---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption: relinquishment."
description: "Adoption: relinquishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2674"
citation: "California AB 2674 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption: relinquishment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3944051b-c260-473d-83e7-5f408d0c4dc4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2674"
source_hash: "b73e408d71d96e58eb9c8a5844c7d42c2891369ced5b118a90f2c98cb8f190ac"
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 2674 (20032004) — Adoption: relinquishment.

## 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=200320040AB2674&version=20030AB267499INT)
2. **03/24/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2674&version=20030AB267498AMD)
3. **04/01/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2674&version=20030AB267497AMD)
4. **06/03/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2674&version=20030AB267496AMD)
5. **06/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2674&version=20030AB267495AMD)
6. **08/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2674&version=20030AB267493CHP)
7. **AB2674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2674)
8. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2674&version=20030AB267494ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab2674 leno — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2674 leno consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2674 leno concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 306, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7011.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4361.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-06-03** 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`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5178.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-03-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (March 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-24** 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`
- **2004-03-08** 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/3944051b-c260-473d-83e7-5f408d0c4dc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).