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type: "Bill"
title: "Name change: minors."
description: "Existing law provides that if a petition for a change of name alleges a specified reason or circumstance and the petitioner is a participant in a specified address confidentiality program, the action for a change of name is exempt from the publication requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 545"
citation: "California SB 545 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Name change: minors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3dc1f06-6464-400d-adf1-adc4489d277d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB545"
source_hash: "fbd7d3fc6cf92c22340d6368b384cae6b980da8010bdfb842c5bb6709da39b24"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 545 (20132014) — Name change: minors.
Existing law provides that if a petition for a change of name alleges a specified reason or circumstance and the petitioner is a participant in a specified address confidentiality program, the action for a change of name is exempt from the publication requirement.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB545&version=20130SB54599INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB545&version=20130SB54597AMD)
3. **01/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB545&version=20130SB54596AMD)
4. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB545&version=20130SB54598AMD)
5. **06/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB545&version=20130SB54594CHP)
6. **SB545** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB545)
7. **06/18/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB545&version=20130SB54595ENR)
## Votes
- SB 545 Anderson Consent Calendar Second Day — **770** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **90** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Anderson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2013-05-07** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-12-19** Set for hearing January 14.
- **2014-01-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-01-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2599.) (January 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2638.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5547.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-06-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 49, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3dc1f06-6464-400d-adf1-adc4489d277d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).