---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dissolution of marriage: proceedings."
description: "(1) Existing law requires each party to a proceeding for dissolution or nullity of marriage or legal separation of the parties to serve on the other party a preliminary declaration of disclosure of assets, as specified, after or concurrently with service of the petition for dissolution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1406"
citation: "California AB 1406 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dissolution of marriage: proceedings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-03-07"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e92d736-c3e8-4697-90fe-ece81fcaab07"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1406"
source_hash: "b34360e5d28c51ee548edefbed25fd497c15049a4ccb03c25571eb1531765598"
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 1406 (20112012) — Dissolution of marriage: proceedings.

(1) Existing law requires each party to a proceeding for dissolution or nullity of marriage or legal separation of the parties to serve on the other party a preliminary declaration of disclosure of assets, as specified, after or concurrently with service of the petition for dissolution.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/07/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1406&version=20110AB140699INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1406&version=20110AB140698AMD)
3. **06/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1406&version=20110AB140697AMD)
4. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1406&version=20110AB140695CHP)
5. **AB1406** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1406)
6. **07/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1406&version=20110AB140696ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1406 Committee on JUD. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1406 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1406 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FEUER — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-08** From printer. May be heard in committee April 7.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1178.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4181.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-07-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5554.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:20 p.m.
- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 107, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e92d736-c3e8-4697-90fe-ece81fcaab07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).