---
type: "Bill"
title: "Spousal support."
description: "Existing law requires a court to consider specified factors in awarding spousal support, including documented evidence of any history of domestic violence, as defined, between the parties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 681"
citation: "California AB 681 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Spousal support."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melendez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/154ebf1b-3d21-4eda-936b-0db4e6b4ca3a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB681"
source_hash: "ab68cb079c3204eae4c73202323c842e501464f52cbcca04a985362d6a183023"
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 681 (20132014) — Spousal support.

Existing law requires a court to consider specified factors in awarding spousal support, including documented evidence of any history of domestic violence, as defined, between the parties.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB681&version=20130AB68199INT)
2. **04/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB681&version=20130AB68198AMD)
3. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB681&version=20130AB68197AMD)
4. **07/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB681&version=20130AB68196AMD)
5. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB681&version=20130AB68194CHP)
6. **AB681** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB681)
7. **09/05/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB681&version=20130AB68195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 681 MELENDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **58–11** (pass) · lower
- amendments be concurred in. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 681 MELENDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB681 Melendez By Walters — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melendez — primary (person)
- Skinner — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 11. Page 882.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-30** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-05-30** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-06** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1886.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-27** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2791.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 455, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/154ebf1b-3d21-4eda-936b-0db4e6b4ca3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).