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Bill	Visitation rights: grandparent rights.	Existing law provides that a grandparent may petition the court for visitation rights. The court may grant visitation if the court finds that the grandparent and grandchild have a preexisting relationship that has engendered a bond such that granting the grandparent visitation is in the best interest of the child and the court balances the interest of the child in having visitation with the grandparent against the parents' right to exercise their parental authority, subject to specified exceptions. Existing law prohibits a grandparent from filing a petition for visitation while the natural or adoptive parents are married, unless one or more of several circumstances are present, including that the child is not residing with either parent.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1628	California AB 1628 (20132014)	bill	Visitation rights: grandparent rights.	enacted	Fox	4	15	4	2014-02-10	2014-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/10a49d9a-62be-4142-8dcd-53bdd5a68f1e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1628	776b5ccb798bd826e23c431fe4d135a3c999066eb1392d29a16dd4e7390db0e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1628 (20132014) — Visitation rights: grandparent rights.

Existing law provides that a grandparent may petition the court for visitation rights. The court may grant visitation if the court finds that the grandparent and grandchild have a preexisting relationship that has engendered a bond such that granting the grandparent visitation is in the best interest of the child and the court balances the interest of the child in having visitation with the grandparent against the parents' right to exercise their parental authority, subject to specified exceptions. Existing law prohibits a grandparent from filing a petition for visitation while the natural or adoptive parents are married, unless one or more of several circumstances are present, including that the child is not residing with either parent.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/15/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1628 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/13/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1628 Fox By Jackson — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1628 FOX Assembly Third Reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fox — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2014-02-20 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-03-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-03-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-03-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4240.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-03-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-04-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-06-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-06-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4411.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-12 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2014-08-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2014-09-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 328, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10a49d9a-62be-4142-8dcd-53bdd5a68f1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).