---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vital records: birth certificates."
description: "Existing law prescribes the duties of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and local registrars of births and deaths with respect to the registration of a live birth. Under existing law, a certificate of live birth is required to contain, among other things, the full name, birthplace, and date of birth of both the father and mother of a child, except as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1951"
citation: "California AB 1951 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vital records: birth certificates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gomez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ec280fa-7045-4eef-a5de-92f364eefe8c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1951"
source_hash: "1730e907ee76efffc873df9c093337b9ab43f9b703952aa79c5d57a8fc88f20b"
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 1951 (20132014) — Vital records: birth certificates.

Existing law prescribes the duties of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and local registrars of births and deaths with respect to the registration of a live birth. Under existing law, a certificate of live birth is required to contain, among other things, the full name, birthplace, and date of birth of both the father and mother of a child, except as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1951&version=20130AB195199INT)
2. **03/17/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1951&version=20130AB195198AMD)
3. **03/25/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1951&version=20130AB195197AMD)
4. **05/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1951&version=20130AB195196AMD)
5. **06/24/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1951&version=20130AB195195AMD)
6. **08/12/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1951&version=20130AB195194AMD)
7. **09/15/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1951&version=20130AB195192CHP)
8. **AB1951** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1951)
9. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1951&version=20130AB195193ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1951 Gomez By Block — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 1951 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — **53–14** (pass) · lower
- AB 1951 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gomez — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 14. Page 4841.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-08-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 4. Page 4500.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 6209.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 334, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ec280fa-7045-4eef-a5de-92f364eefe8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).