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type: "Bill"
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title: "Visitation rights: grandparent rights."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 1628"
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citation: "California AB 1628 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Visitation rights: grandparent rights."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Fox"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2014-02-10"
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last_action: "2014-09-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10a49d9a-62be-4142-8dcd-53bdd5a68f1e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1628"
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source_hash: "776b5ccb798bd826e23c431fe4d135a3c999066eb1392d29a16dd4e7390db0e6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1628 (20132014) — Visitation rights: grandparent rights.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/10/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1628&version=20130AB162899INT)
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2. **09/15/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1628&version=20130AB162897CHP)
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3. **AB1628** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1628)
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4. **08/13/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1628&version=20130AB162898ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1628 Fox By Jackson — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1628 FOX Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Fox — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2014-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
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- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-03-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-03-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4240.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-03-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2014-04-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4411.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-08-12** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2014-08-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
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- **2014-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2014-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 328, Statutes of 2014.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10a49d9a-62be-4142-8dcd-53bdd5a68f1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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