---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dissolution: disclosure."
description: "Existing law requires each party to a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation to serve on the other party a preliminary declaration of disclosure of assets, as specified, and a final declaration of disclosure, as specified. Existing law requires each party to serve a preliminary declaration of disclosure either concurrently with the petition for dissolution, or within 60 days of filing the petition for dissolution of marriage. Existing law specifies, in the case of a default judgment, that a petitioner shall not be required to serve or receive a final declaration of disclosure, but a preliminary declaration of disclosure by the petitioner is still required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 340"
citation: "California SB 340 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dissolution: disclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf18b7ab-08d3-4e4b-a850-e087c803a668"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB340"
source_hash: "4e00464c069569398aa02290f15332aec74c10f81718ab5ab5f1ac834c3606a9"
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 SB 340 (20152016) — Dissolution: disclosure.

Existing law requires each party to a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation to serve on the other party a preliminary declaration of disclosure of assets, as specified, and a final declaration of disclosure, as specified. Existing law requires each party to serve a preliminary declaration of disclosure either concurrently with the petition for dissolution, or within 60 days of filing the petition for dissolution of marriage. Existing law specifies, in the case of a default judgment, that a petitioner shall not be required to serve or receive a final declaration of disclosure, but a preliminary declaration of disclosure by the petitioner is still required.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB340&version=20150SB34099INT)
2. **07/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB340&version=20150SB34097CHP)
3. **SB340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB340)
4. **06/23/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB340&version=20150SB34098ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 340 Anderson Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2015-04-01** April 7 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 921.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1061.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2091.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2015-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 46, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf18b7ab-08d3-4e4b-a850-e087c803a668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).