republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-840.md

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Bill	Child custody.	Child custody.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 840	California AB 840 (19992000)	bill	Child custody.	enacted	Kuehl	5	16	5	1999-02-24	1999-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/7ac927ae-95ec-4b01-8424-fb85310ee4a7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB840	00c2b2ad63d20e02a4720123703b6ef70fbea6a965d99bdb18eee6ac17e736b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 840 (19992000) — Child custody.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/17/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/21/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB840 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/26/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 840 KUEHL THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB840 Kuehl Escutia — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 840 KUEHL CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kuehl — primary (person)
• Alpert — coauthor (person)
• Chesbro — coauthor (person)
• Havice — coauthor (person)
• Karnette — coauthor (person)
• Keeley — coauthor (person)
• Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
• McClintock — coauthor (person)
• Morrow — coauthor (person)
• Perata — coauthor (person)
• Rainey — principal coauthor (person)
• Solis — coauthor (person)
• Thomson — coauthor (person)
• Washington — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 445, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-08-31 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 1999-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 66. Noes 9. Page 3440.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 1999-08-23 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 5. Page 2558.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-08-17 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 1999-05-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 1999-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-04-26 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 8. Page 1295.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-04-22 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 1999-03-11 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 1999-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 1999-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ac927ae-95ec-4b01-8424-fb85310ee4a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).