republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2358.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enforcement of support orders."
description: "Enforcement of support orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2358"
citation: "California AB 2358 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Enforcement of support orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcb2bd7b-6287-43db-b076-813112a62bb5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2358"
source_hash: "e2ae8a94b04820462f46d1d796b41233aef89804c5868be4f9dfe3fa9bb99b28"
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 2358 (20032004) — Enforcement of support orders.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2358&version=20030AB235899INT)
2. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2358&version=20030AB235898AMD)
3. **06/29/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2358&version=20030AB235897AMD)
4. **07/26/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2358&version=20030AB235896AMD)
5. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2358&version=20030AB235895AMD)
6. **09/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2358&version=20030AB235893CHP)
7. **AB2358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2358)
8. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2358&version=20030AB235894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab2358 steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2358 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2358 steinberg consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Garcia — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 806, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7909.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 7949.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7775.)
- **2004-08-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5061.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5430.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcb2bd7b-6287-43db-b076-813112a62bb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).