--- type: "Bill" title: "Family law proceedings." description: "Existing law prohibits after entry of judgment in specified family law proceedings in which there was at issue the visitation, custody, or support of a child, modification of the judgment or order, and prohibits a subsequent order in the proceedings, unless notice is served upon the party, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20092010" identifier: "AB 939" citation: "California AB 939 (20092010)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Family law proceedings."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"] version_count: 10 action_count: 28 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2009-02-26" last_action: "2010-09-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c791581a-0294-46fb-8b84-79f4f6da00ec" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB939" source_hash: "d901343354d43dd5dcf0e105542514aa1a7477e2acca35ae444979883a48ac82" 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 939 (20092010) — Family law proceedings. Existing law prohibits after entry of judgment in specified family law proceedings in which there was at issue the visitation, custody, or support of a child, modification of the judgment or order, and prohibits a subsequent order in the proceedings, unless notice is served upon the party, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB939&version=20090AB93999INT) 2. **01/04/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB939&version=20090AB93998AMD) 3. **06/17/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB939&version=20090AB93997AMD) 4. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB939&version=20090AB93996AMD) 5. **08/02/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB939&version=20090AB93995AMD) 6. **08/03/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB939&version=20090AB93994AMD) 7. **08/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB939&version=20090AB93993AMD) 8. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB939&version=20090AB93991CHP) 9. **AB939** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB939) 10. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB939&version=20090AB93992ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Assembly 3rd Reading AB939 Committee on JUD. (Feuer) — **pass** (pass) · upper - AB 939 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FEUER — **pass** (pass) · lower - AB 939 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Committee on Judiciary — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29. - **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2009-04-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2010-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2010-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2010-01-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2010-01-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2010-01-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3816.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2010-01-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2010-02-04** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee` - **2010-06-17** 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, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2010-08-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2010-08-02** 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, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2010-08-03** 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, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2010-08-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2010-08-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2010-08-16** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2010-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2010-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4709.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2010-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2010-08-23** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6463.) - **2010-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6482.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2010-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m. - **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 352, Statutes of 2010. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c791581a-0294-46fb-8b84-79f4f6da00ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).