republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-102.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage: domestic partnerships: name."
description: "Marriage: domestic partnerships: name."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 102"
citation: "California AB 102 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage: domestic partnerships: name."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-01-03"
last_action: "2007-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e576bfe-8cfc-4d50-8759-8597fea661ad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB102"
source_hash: "70af24d006dc7ed90f5f3f2ee1e6aeddcaf4f2000bfdaa3b7b92c1217d793c59"
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 102 (20072008) — Marriage: domestic partnerships: name.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/03/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB102&version=20070AB10299INT)
2. **02/28/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB102&version=20070AB10298AMD)
3. **06/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB102&version=20070AB10297AMD)
4. **06/21/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB102&version=20070AB10296AMD)
5. **07/02/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB102&version=20070AB10295AMD)
6. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB102&version=20070AB10294AMD)
7. **09/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB102&version=20070AB10293AMD)
8. **10/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB102&version=20070AB10291CHP)
9. **AB102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB102)
10. **09/18/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB102&version=20070AB10292ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB102 Ma By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 102 MA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 102 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ma — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Feuer — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-04** From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 26. Page 1355.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-07** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-06-21** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-02** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2400.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 26. Page 3215.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2007-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 567, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e576bfe-8cfc-4d50-8759-8597fea661ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).