---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage: joint petition for dissolution of marriage."
description: "Existing law requires a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of the parties to be commenced by filing a petition containing specific information, including the date of marriage and the date of separation. Existing law requires a party to serve a copy of the petition with a copy of a summons upon the other party and requires the other party to respond in a specified time and manner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1427"
citation: "California SB 1427 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage", "joint petition for dissolution of marriage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70cb7802-e08e-4b07-8a06-1d9b1ff36fb9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1427"
source_hash: "2e88792667d635f6ba57b13e984df9942059443c8aa96d1398463ec55c33e38a"
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 SB 1427 (20232024) — Marriage: joint petition for dissolution of marriage.

Existing law requires a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of the parties to be commenced by filing a petition containing specific information, including the date of marriage and the date of separation. Existing law requires a party to serve a copy of the petition with a copy of a summons upon the other party and requires the other party to respond in a specified time and manner.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1427&version=20230SB142799INT)
2. **03/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1427&version=20230SB142798AMD)
3. **04/04/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1427&version=20230SB142797AMD)
4. **04/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1427&version=20230SB142796AMD)
5. **08/19/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1427&version=20230SB142794CHP)
6. **SB1427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1427)
7. **08/09/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1427&version=20230SB142795ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1427 Allen Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3448.) (April 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-04** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2024-04-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** April 29 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3874.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** June 26 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6250.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-08** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 190, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70cb7802-e08e-4b07-8a06-1d9b1ff36fb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).