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Bill	Gender identity: petition for change of name.	Existing law sets forth the requirements and procedures for proceedings commenced by the filing of a petition for a change of name. Existing law authorizes a court to grant the petition without a hearing if no written objection to the change of name is timely filed and imposes publication requirements with respect to the court hearing of the change of name petition.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1121	California AB 1121 (20132014)	bill	Gender identity: petition for change of name.	enacted	Atkins	7	26	6	2013-02-22	2013-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/da57bfb5-873b-457b-aaf6-5f7db85013c1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1121	08378830fa97dd379a318fc57246367326516ce7b00055e6624b07b9abc77fde	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1121 (20132014) — Gender identity: petition for change of name.

Existing law sets forth the requirements and procedures for proceedings commenced by the filing of a petition for a change of name. Existing law authorizes a court to grant the petition without a hearing if no written objection to the change of name is timely filed and imposes publication requirements with respect to the court hearing of the change of name petition.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/09/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/26/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1121 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/12/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1121 Atkins By Monning — 25–11 (pass) · upper
• AB 1121 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–20 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 1121 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — 57–17 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atkins — primary (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Stone — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-04-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-22 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 1327.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-06-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-07-08 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-12 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2108.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 20. Page 2928.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 651, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da57bfb5-873b-457b-aaf6-5f7db85013c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).