republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1516.md

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Bill	Child custody: abduction.	Child custody: abduction.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1516	California AB 1516 (20032004)	bill	Child custody: abduction.	enacted	Bates	5	18	5	2003-02-21	2003-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e3d4a617-e639-47af-8a26-b34fe16abadf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1516	f0db0faee3356ecb0dd106588046a0f8cac89298b113c01e80f7b35c533b8793	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1516 (20032004) — Child custody: abduction.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/05/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/14/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1516 (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/30/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 1516 bates consent calendar second day regular session — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
• consent calendar 2nd ab1516 bates — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass, to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 1516 bates concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bates — primary (person)
• Cox — coauthor (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Haynes — coauthor (person)
• Margett — coauthor (person)
• Pacheco — coauthor (person)
• Soto — coauthor (person)
• Wyland — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-07-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 52, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-07-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-07-02 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2003-06-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2568.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-06-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2003-06-24 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1454.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-06-19 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-18 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-06-05 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. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-29 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-05-15 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1709.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-08 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-07 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-03-13 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2003-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2003-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3d4a617-e639-47af-8a26-b34fe16abadf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).