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Bill	Family law: domestic partnerships.	Existing law provides that 2 unmarried, unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring may establish a domestic partnership by filing a declaration with the Secretary of State if certain requirements are met, including that both persons have a common residence and that both persons are at least 18 years of age. Existing law authorizes 2 unmarried persons, not minors, who have been living together as husband and wife to obtain a confidential marriage license, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 651	California SB 651 (20112012)	bill	Family law: domestic partnerships.	enacted	Leno	8	30	9	2011-02-18	2011-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/e9cf036c-31d0-4bc2-82ac-c0fb79da7676	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB651	5a5d6e06e4d1c1dd5b88c0123b6cabac62e8242cb22e981b1ec099d642b0e581	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 651 (20112012) — Family law: domestic partnerships.

Existing law provides that 2 unmarried, unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring may establish a domestic partnership by filing a declaration with the Secretary of State if certain requirements are met, including that both persons have a common residence and that both persons are at least 18 years of age. Existing law authorizes 2 unmarried persons, not minors, who have been living together as husband and wife to obtain a confidential marriage license, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/31/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/22/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/09/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB651 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/14/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 651 Leno Senate Third Reading By SWANSON — 52–26 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 24–15 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business — 25–15 (pass) · upper
• SB 651 Leno Senate Third Reading By SWANSON Amend By SWANSON Set #1 — 49–26 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Leno — primary (person)
• Ammiano — coauthor (person)
• Block — coauthor (person)
• Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
• Chesbro — coauthor (person)
• De León — coauthor (person)
• Gordon — coauthor (person)
• Huffman — coauthor (person)
• Ma — coauthor (person)
• Pavley — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
• Yee — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2011-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 860.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2011-05-16 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-05-20 Set for hearing May 26.
• 2011-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 1120.) (May 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 1232.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-06-21 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-06-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-13 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-02 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 2826.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 3038.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 15. Page 2473.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 721, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9cf036c-31d0-4bc2-82ac-c0fb79da7676. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).