---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: penalties and fees."
description: "(1) Existing law requires that a base fee of $3 be paid by an applicant for a certified copy of a fetal death or death record and requires that a base fee of $3 be paid by a public agency or private adoption agency applicant, and a base fee of $9 be paid by any other applicant, for a certified copy of a birth certificate. Existing law authorizes the fee to be adjusted pursuant to a specified method, not to exceed the total increased cost of the program or service provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1053"
citation: "California AB 1053 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: penalties and fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27b37c13-c49e-4a7e-a5e1-b03cbd7b8bec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1053"
source_hash: "cb3532939c73df510b0911b7a40931623f37db8cffc75d7b0fbc5fa49c31e3e9"
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 1053 (20112012) — Local government: penalties and fees.

(1) Existing law requires that a base fee of $3 be paid by an applicant for a certified copy of a fetal death or death record and requires that a base fee of $3 be paid by a public agency or private adoption agency applicant, and a base fee of $9 be paid by any other applicant, for a certified copy of a birth certificate. Existing law authorizes the fee to be adjusted pursuant to a specified method, not to exceed the total increased cost of the program or service provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1053&version=20110AB105399INT)
2. **04/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1053&version=20110AB105398AMD)
3. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1053&version=20110AB105397AMD)
4. **06/28/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1053&version=20110AB105396AMD)
5. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1053&version=20110AB105395AMD)
6. **09/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1053&version=20110AB105394AMD)
7. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1053&version=20110AB105392CHP)
8. **AB1053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1053)
9. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1053&version=20110AB105393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1053 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–24** (pass) · lower
- AB 1053 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — **54–24** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1053 Gordon By Hancock — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gordon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 1801.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 17. Page 2394.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 3136.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 402, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27b37c13-c49e-4a7e-a5e1-b03cbd7b8bec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).