---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child support: earnings assignment."
description: "Child support: earnings assignment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1426"
citation: "California AB 1426 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child support: earnings assignment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/258119bb-8684-437f-a2d2-62bdcd437bd2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1426"
source_hash: "93afc74da39b4cd219d0a637cc6d422896c5cecd0d28d0e8604b4eda69e7444d"
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 1426 (20012002) — Child support: earnings assignment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1426&version=20010AB142699INT)
2. **04/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1426&version=20010AB142698AMD)
3. **06/26/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1426&version=20010AB142697AMD)
4. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1426&version=20010AB142696AMD)
5. **08/30/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1426&version=20010AB142695AMD)
6. **10/01/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1426&version=20010AB142693CHP)
7. **AB1426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1426)
8. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1426&version=20010AB142694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #29 AB1426 Wright — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1426 Wright Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1426 Wright Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3665.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2591.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-30** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1595.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/258119bb-8684-437f-a2d2-62bdcd437bd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).