republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1143.md

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Bill	Marriage: name.	Existing law allows one or both parties to a marriage to change the middle or last name by which that party wishes to be known after solemnization of the marriage. Existing law also requires the adoption of a new name, or the choice not to adopt a new name, by means of a marriage license application to be made only at the time the license is issued, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1143	California AB 1143 (20092010)	bill	Marriage: name.	enacted	Ma	6	25	5	2009-02-27	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/c227d13a-8e0c-4f7b-82f6-0128c4f7b8ed	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1143	20f74055f7d2e1a8645742c3cc1a4aa1d7004d5065f59b1c4c56067c8bb43b16	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1143 (20092010) — Marriage: name.

Existing law allows one or both parties to a marriage to change the middle or last name by which that party wishes to be known after solemnization of the marriage. Existing law also requires the adoption of a new name, or the choice not to adopt a new name, by means of a marriage license application to be made only at the time the license is issued, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/14/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1143 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/25/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #14 AB1143 Ma By Corbett — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1143 MA Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1143 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ma — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
• 2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2009-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2009-05-12 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-13 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-14 From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
• 2009-05-18 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1551.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2009-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-06-25 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-14 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-07-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-15 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-08-17 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1844.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-08-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-08-20 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2659.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-08-27 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
• 2009-09-08 Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
• 2009-09-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 512, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c227d13a-8e0c-4f7b-82f6-0128c4f7b8ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).