---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child support: State Disbursement Unit."
description: "Child support: State Disbursement Unit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 739"
citation: "California AB 739 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Child support: State Disbursement Unit."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8859db72-2a67-41fa-8b9b-0dcea48d9ba3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB739"
source_hash: "1ed21fc4bbfe548c7d0cde01b89496210fe57924bfae65ec3d9c5371eedadcda"
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 739 (20032004) — Child support: State Disbursement Unit.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB739&version=20030AB73999INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB739&version=20030AB73998AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB739&version=20030AB73997AMD)
4. **08/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB739&version=20030AB73996AMD)
5. **08/27/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB739&version=20030AB73995AMD)
6. **09/17/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB739&version=20030AB73993CHP)
7. **AB739** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB739)
8. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB739&version=20030AB73994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 739 jackson concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab739 jackson by romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 739 jackson assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 387, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3447.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 2278.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-21** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 2232.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2003-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8859db72-2a67-41fa-8b9b-0dcea48d9ba3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).