(1) Existing law provides that an unmarried person under 18 years of age is capable of consenting to and consummating marriage upon obtaining a court order granting permission of the underage person or persons to marry. Existing law requires the court order and written consent of the parents of each underage person, or of one of the parents or the guardian of each underage person, to be filed with the clerk of the court, and requires a certified copy of the order to be presented to the county clerk at the time the marriage license is issued.
California AB 2882 (20152016) — Judiciary omnibus: family law.
(1) Existing law provides that an unmarried person under 18 years of age is capable of consenting to and consummating marriage upon obtaining a court order granting permission of the underage person or persons to marry. Existing law requires the court order and written consent of the parents of each underage person, or of one of the parents or the guardian of each underage person, to be filed with the clerk of the court, and requires a certified copy of the order to be presented to the county clerk at the time the marriage license is issued.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2882 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By STONE — 80–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2882 Committee On JUD.(Stone) By Wieckowski — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2882 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
2016-03-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5047.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5164.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6213.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2016-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 474, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9039c6d6-8471-4c08-b86e-e0a2f517fc93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).