republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-594.md

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Bill	Child custody.	Existing law allows a court, in any contested hearing involving child custody or visitation rights, to appoint a child custody evaluator, as specified. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adopt standards for the child custody evaluation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 594	California SB 594 (20152016)	bill	Child custody.	enacted	Wieckowski	8	25	5	2015-02-27	2015-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e4676195-88b2-4bdf-8d37-8550d3664277	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB594	534cd33043aab0c42e850ef1043151d851cb2f8e828317f1b8dede392e97fc01	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 594 (20152016) — Child custody.

Existing law allows a court, in any contested hearing involving child custody or visitation rights, to appoint a child custody evaluator, as specified. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adopt standards for the child custody evaluation.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/13/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/11/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/16/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB594 (committee substitute) — source
8. 07/07/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 594 Wieckowski Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #4 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wieckowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-13 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
• 2015-04-21 Set for hearing April 28.
• 2015-04-27 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
• 2015-04-28 April 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-04-30 Set for hearing May 5.
• 2015-05-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 921.) (May 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-13 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1025.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-09 June 16 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-11 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
• 2015-06-23 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2178.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-07-01 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-07-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1791.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2015-07-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 130, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4676195-88b2-4bdf-8d37-8550d3664277. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).