---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gender identity: petition for change of name."
description: "Existing law sets forth the requirements and procedures for proceedings commenced by the filing of a petition for a change of name. Existing law authorizes a court to grant the petition without a hearing if no written objection to the change of name is timely filed and imposes publication requirements with respect to the court hearing of the change of name petition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1121"
citation: "California AB 1121 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gender identity: petition for change of name."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da57bfb5-873b-457b-aaf6-5f7db85013c1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1121"
source_hash: "08378830fa97dd379a318fc57246367326516ce7b00055e6624b07b9abc77fde"
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 1121 (20132014) — Gender identity: petition for change of name.

Existing law sets forth the requirements and procedures for proceedings commenced by the filing of a petition for a change of name. Existing law authorizes a court to grant the petition without a hearing if no written objection to the change of name is timely filed and imposes publication requirements with respect to the court hearing of the change of name petition.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1121&version=20130AB112199INT)
2. **04/22/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1121&version=20130AB112198AMD)
3. **07/09/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1121&version=20130AB112197AMD)
4. **08/26/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1121&version=20130AB112196AMD)
5. **10/08/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1121&version=20130AB112194CHP)
6. **AB1121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1121)
7. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1121&version=20130AB112195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1121 Atkins By Monning — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 1121 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1121 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — **57–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 1327.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-07-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2108.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 20. Page 2928.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 651, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da57bfb5-873b-457b-aaf6-5f7db85013c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).