---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family law."
description: "(1) The Uniform Parentage Act defines the parent and child relationship as the legal relationship existing between a child and the child's parents, including the mother and child relationship and the father and child relationship, and governs proceedings to establish that relationship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1403"
citation: "California AB 1403 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family law."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-03-12"
last_action: "2013-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca93d09f-54ba-4621-afb2-19435d6a07af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1403"
source_hash: "f53fd324039212e8446f96a5912bf080af8400c09130665b4fe5ca65abcaa672"
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 1403 (20132014) — Family law.

(1) The Uniform Parentage Act defines the parent and child relationship as the legal relationship existing between a child and the child's parents, including the mother and child relationship and the father and child relationship, and governs proceedings to establish that relationship.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/12/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1403&version=20130AB140399INT)
2. **06/13/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1403&version=20130AB140398AMD)
3. **07/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1403&version=20130AB140397AMD)
4. **10/03/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1403&version=20130AB140395CHP)
5. **AB1403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1403)
6. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1403&version=20130AB140396ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1403 Committee on JUD. (Wieckowski) By Corbett — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1403 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — **65–11** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1403 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WIECKOWSKI — **59–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** From printer. May be heard in committee April 12.
- **2013-04-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 11. Page 1709.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-13** 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, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-13** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2251.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 3125.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 510, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca93d09f-54ba-4621-afb2-19435d6a07af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).