Under existing law, a reference to "husband" and "wife," "spouses," or "married persons," or a comparable term, includes persons who are lawfully married to each other and persons who were previously lawfully married to each other, as is appropriate under the circumstances of the particular case. Under existing law, registered domestic partners have the same rights, protections, and benefits, and are subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and duties under law, whether they derive from statutes, administrative regulations, court rules, government policies, common law, or any other provisions or sources of law, as are granted to and imposed upon spouses. Existing law requires, where necessary to implement the rights of registered domestic partners, gender-specific terms referring to spouses to be construed to include domestic partners.
Under existing law, a reference to "husband" and "wife," "spouses," or "married persons," or a comparable term, includes persons who are lawfully married to each other and persons who were previously lawfully married to each other, as is appropriate under the circumstances of the particular case. Under existing law, registered domestic partners have the same rights, protections, and benefits, and are subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and duties under law, whether they derive from statutes, administrative regulations, court rules, government policies, common law, or any other provisions or sources of law, as are granted to and imposed upon spouses. Existing law requires, where necessary to implement the rights of registered domestic partners, gender-specific terms referring to spouses to be construed to include domestic partners.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1005 Jackson Senate Third Reading By EGGMAN — 63–1 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1005 Jackson Concurrence — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 35–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Jackson — primary (person)
Leno — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2016-02-11 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
2016-02-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-03-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-03-17 Set for hearing March 29.
2016-03-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3336.) (March 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-03-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 3532.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-04-14 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-05-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-06-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-06-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-16 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-06-23 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4506.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-06-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2016-07-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-07-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 50, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd0093a1-63ab-4ab8-9cd5-c3af15c9e9db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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