republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-681.md

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Bill	Spousal support.	Existing law requires a court to consider specified factors in awarding spousal support, including documented evidence of any history of domestic violence, as defined, between the parties.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 681	California AB 681 (20132014)	bill	Spousal support.	enacted	Melendez	7	23	6	2013-02-21	2013-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/154ebf1b-3d21-4eda-936b-0db4e6b4ca3a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB681	ab68cb079c3204eae4c73202323c842e501464f52cbcca04a985362d6a183023	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 681 (20132014) — Spousal support.

Existing law requires a court to consider specified factors in awarding spousal support, including documented evidence of any history of domestic violence, as defined, between the parties.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/08/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/01/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB681 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/05/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 4–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 681 MELENDEZ Assembly Third Reading — 58–11 (pass) · lower
• amendments be concurred in. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 681 MELENDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB681 Melendez By Walters — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Melendez — primary (person)
• Skinner — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-04-08 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 11. Page 882.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-04-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-04-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-05-30 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2013-05-30 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-06-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-08 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1886.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-08-22 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2013-08-27 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage
• 2013-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2791.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 455, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/154ebf1b-3d21-4eda-936b-0db4e6b4ca3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).