--- type: "Bill" title: "Vital records: marriage records." description: "(1) Existing law prescribes specified personal information to be included on birth, death, and marriage certificates. Under existing law, a certified copy of a birth or death record may only be supplied by the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder to an authorized person, as defined, who submits a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the applicant is an authorized person. If an applicant for a birth or death record does not meet the requirements for an authorized person, the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder may only issue an informational certified copy of a birth or death record that contains a legend stating \"INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY.\"" jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20092010" identifier: "AB 130" citation: "California AB 130 (20092010)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vital records: marriage records."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"] version_count: 8 action_count: 30 vote_count: 10 first_action: "2009-01-20" last_action: "2009-10-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f8861aa-b4e3-4467-90e7-7170a09c0131" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB130" source_hash: "90dd5d561b96f885fc5ea5e6e68e176d2cf8a48e7ef06a7c5a24dbf9b989e02d" 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 130 (20092010) — Vital records: marriage records. (1) Existing law prescribes specified personal information to be included on birth, death, and marriage certificates. Under existing law, a certified copy of a birth or death record may only be supplied by the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder to an authorized person, as defined, who submits a statement sworn under penalty of perjury that the applicant is an authorized person. If an applicant for a birth or death record does not meet the requirements for an authorized person, the State Registrar, local registrar, or county recorder may only issue an informational certified copy of a birth or death record that contains a legend stating "INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY." ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/20/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB130&version=20090AB13099INT) 2. **03/26/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB130&version=20090AB13098AMD) 3. **04/27/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB130&version=20090AB13097AMD) 4. **06/15/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB130&version=20090AB13096AMD) 5. **06/30/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB130&version=20090AB13095AMD) 6. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB130&version=20090AB13093CHP) 7. **AB130** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB130) 8. **09/04/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB130&version=20090AB13094ENR) ## Votes - Be referred to Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower - AB 130 JEFFRIES Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower - Assembly 3rd Reading AB130 Jeffries By Huff — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · lower - AB 130 JEFFRIES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jeffries — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2009-01-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2009-01-21** From printer. May be heard in committee February 20. - **2009-02-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2009-03-17** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. - **2009-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2009-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2009-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on RULES by unanimous consent. `referral-committee` - **2009-04-13** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). `referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2009-04-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2009-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2009-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1831.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2009-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2009-06-29** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2009-06-30** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-07-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2009-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 2020.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2009-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2889.) - **2009-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2898.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2009-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m. - **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 412, Statutes of 2009. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f8861aa-b4e3-4467-90e7-7170a09c0131`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).