republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-380.md

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Bill	Marriage: putative spouses.	Existing law specifies the circumstances under which a marriage is void or voidable. Existing law requires a court, if a determination is made that a marriage is void or voidable and either party believed in good faith that the marriage was valid, to declare the party or parties to have the status of a putative spouse and to divide the quasi-marital property that would have been community property or quasi-community property if the marriage was valid as if it were community property.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 380	California AB 380 (20152016)	bill	Marriage: putative spouses.	enacted	Waldron	5	18	5	2015-02-18	2015-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/53c9dbce-b5d9-47bd-a1c7-f8dcd1d6fc9b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB380	37bc5b7dd90d164fe3d894dc221e541f2c9894b7be22dfd58c019a81d9e9731a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 380 (20152016) — Marriage: putative spouses.

Existing law specifies the circumstances under which a marriage is void or voidable. Existing law requires a court, if a determination is made that a marriage is void or voidable and either party believed in good faith that the marriage was valid, to declare the party or parties to have the status of a putative spouse and to divide the quasi-marital property that would have been community property or quasi-community property if the marriage was valid as if it were community property.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/14/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/13/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB380 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/13/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 380 WALDRON Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #4 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 380 WALDRON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Waldron — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-07 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 885.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-05-14 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
• 2015-06-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-07-01 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-07-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1792.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-07-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2312.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2015-08-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-08-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 196, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53c9dbce-b5d9-47bd-a1c7-f8dcd1d6fc9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).