---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic violence: name change."
description: "Domestic violence: name change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 205"
citation: "California AB 205 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic violence: name change."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-01-21"
last_action: "2000-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46ba5845-78c8-491c-ad82-ebd9ac6ae3ca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB205"
source_hash: "c4a9ea96f2ec21402ac3a0ab039af4f212b6a56578aac76b3290e02026dc3c3d"
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 205 (19992000) — Domestic violence: name change.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/21/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB205&version=19990AB20599INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB205&version=19990AB20598AMD)
3. **01/14/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB205&version=19990AB20597AMD)
4. **03/16/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB205&version=19990AB20596AMD)
5. **05/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB205&version=19990AB20595AMD)
6. **06/09/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB205&version=19990AB20593CHP)
7. **AB205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB205)
8. **05/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB205&version=19990AB20594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 205 LEACH CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB205 Leach — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB205 Leach — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)
- Alpert — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-06-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 33, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-06-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-05-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6782.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-05-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4715.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2000-04-24** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2000-04-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-04-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4001.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-03-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-03-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4965.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-18** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4853.). `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-01-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **1999-01-21** 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/46ba5845-78c8-491c-ad82-ebd9ac6ae3ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).