republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2201.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court fees: name changes: exemption."
description: "Existing law establishes the procedure for a person to change his or her name. When a proceeding for a change of name is commenced by the filing of a petition, existing law requires the court to issue an order reciting the filing of the petition, the name of the person by whom it is filed, and the name proposed. Existing law provides that if a petition for a change of name establishes that the petitioner is an active participant in an address confidentiality program, as specified, and the petition alleges the reason for the change of name is to avoid domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault, the action for a change of name is exempt from this publication requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2201"
citation: "California AB 2201 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court fees: name changes: exemption."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mayes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a6b84e5-41d5-423a-9011-1c1fe36c6cbd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2201"
source_hash: "45608ebc7fd45ed25f19a485b5ef08c8ddd8a3dd5f40e1954b2d95962e27daaa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2201 (20172018) — Court fees: name changes: exemption.

Existing law establishes the procedure for a person to change his or her name. When a proceeding for a change of name is commenced by the filing of a petition, existing law requires the court to issue an order reciting the filing of the petition, the name of the person by whom it is filed, and the name proposed. Existing law provides that if a petition for a change of name establishes that the petitioner is an active participant in an address confidentiality program, as specified, and the petition alleges the reason for the change of name is to avoid domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault, the action for a change of name is exempt from this publication requirement.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2201&version=20170AB220199INT)
2. **06/04/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2201&version=20170AB220198AMD)
3. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2201&version=20170AB220196CHP)
4. **AB2201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2201)
5. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2201&version=20170AB220197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2201 Mayes By Fuller — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2201 MAYES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2201 MAYES Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mayes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4645.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-07-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5346.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6381.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 818, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a6b84e5-41d5-423a-9011-1c1fe36c6cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).