republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-205.md

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Bill	Domestic partners.	Domestic partners.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 205	California AB 205 (20032004)	bill	Domestic partners.	enacted	Goldberg	12	28	8	2003-01-28	2003-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/9b8ee3d2-42fc-46b0-bfdb-9aa1d10b67af	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB205	b5a8c641e2e69b65e4df8f3337343c01befddca0d056e31653bd8c6fffe00986	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 205 (20032004) — Domestic partners.

Version chain

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

1. 01/28/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/25/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/02/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/03/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/03/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/16/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/18/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/21/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/22/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
11. AB205 (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/03/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 205 goldberg concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab205 goldberg by kuehl — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 205 goldberg assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Goldberg — primary (person)
• Berg — coauthor (person)
• Bermudez — coauthor (person)
• Burton — coauthor (person)
• Cedillo — coauthor (person)
• Chan — coauthor (person)
• Chu — coauthor (person)
• Diaz — coauthor (person)
• Dymally — coauthor (person)
• Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
• Frommer — coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Kehoe — author (person)
• Koretz — author (person)
• Kuehl — principal coauthor (person)
• Laird — author (person)
• Leno — author (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• Lieber — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
• Montanez — coauthor (person)
• Nation — coauthor (person)
• Nunez — coauthor (person)
• Oropeza — coauthor (person)
• Pavley — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Simitian — coauthor (person)
• Steinberg — coauthor (person)
• Vargas — coauthor (person)
• Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
• Wesson — principal coauthor (person)
• Yee — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 421, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-09 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2003-09-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 41. Noes 33. Page 3372.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2003-08-28 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2206.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-27 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-08-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-18 From committee chair, with amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations In committee: Testimony taken: Hearing postponed by committee. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-16 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-15 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 3.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-07-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-02 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Re-referred. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-06-19 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. referral-committee
• 2003-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-06-04 Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 32. Page 2230.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-06-03 Read second time. To third reading. Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2003-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2003-04-02 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 1). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-03-26 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-03-25 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-03-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-02-03 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-01-29 From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
• 2003-01-28 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b8ee3d2-42fc-46b0-bfdb-9aa1d10b67af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).