republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-960.md

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Bill	Parentage: assisted reproduction.	Existing law provides that the spouse of a woman who conceives through assisted reproduction with semen donated by a man not her husband is treated as if he or she were the natural parent of the child. Existing law further provides that the donor of semen provided to a licensed physician or to a licensed sperm bank for use in artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization of a woman other than the donor's wife is treated as if he were not the natural father of the child.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 960	California AB 960 (20152016)	bill	Parentage: assisted reproduction.	enacted	Chiu	7	23	5	2015-02-26	2015-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/1350be86-8d93-4c20-a901-439f31cab82f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB960	cab891f774480b2563f9f09823f178c527b2cd5888281741350c5408a0c6c0cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 960 (20152016) — Parentage: assisted reproduction.

Existing law provides that the spouse of a woman who conceives through assisted reproduction with semen donated by a man not her husband is treated as if he or she were the natural parent of the child. Existing law further provides that the donor of semen provided to a licensed physician or to a licensed sperm bank for use in artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization of a woman other than the donor's wife is treated as if he were not the natural father of the child.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/28/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/07/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB960 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/26/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 960 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 960 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB960 Chiu By Wolk — 29–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chiu — primary (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)
• Gordon — coauthor (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 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
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 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
• 2015-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1478.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-06-19 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
• 2015-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 2053.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 2551.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 566, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1350be86-8d93-4c20-a901-439f31cab82f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).