republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1679.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Paternity actions: records."
description: "Paternity actions: records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1679"
citation: "California AB 1679 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Paternity actions: records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/706fe3e0-6976-4a01-9153-2b44ef5bab9b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1679"
source_hash: "501ba7d631e29123da9ebae0e03f2bc483611ef880c44caffd975de85b7d4c0b"
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 1679 (20072008) — Paternity actions: records.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1679&version=20070AB167999INT)
2. **03/03/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1679&version=20070AB167995AMD)
3. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1679&version=20070AB167998AMD)
4. **04/23/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1679&version=20070AB167997AMD)
5. **06/14/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1679&version=20070AB167996AMD)
6. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1679&version=20070AB167994AMD)
7. **07/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1679&version=20070AB167992CHP)
8. **AB1679** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1679)
9. **06/24/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1679&version=20070AB167993ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1679 EVANS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1679 EVANS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1679 Evans — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** 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`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-23** 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`
- **2007-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1363.) `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`
- **2007-06-14** 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`
- **2007-06-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-17** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4300.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-06-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5827.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2008-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 50, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/706fe3e0-6976-4a01-9153-2b44ef5bab9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).