republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-929.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Spousal support factors: domestic violence."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court to order spousal support in an amount, and for a period of time, that the court determines is just and reasonable based on the standard of living established during the marriage. In making spousal support awards, the court is required to consider, among other factors, documented evidence of any history of domestic violence between the parties or against the child of either party."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 929"
citation: "California AB 929 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Spousal support factors: domestic violence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e05610db-cb9a-4622-a062-b625b2a1708e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB929"
source_hash: "67f6f4cb67c1eafb96dc46429f187c64380cc62224d4fed1bea0986db2cd2eaa"
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 929 (20172018) — Spousal support factors: domestic violence.

Existing law authorizes a court to order spousal support in an amount, and for a period of time, that the court determines is just and reasonable based on the standard of living established during the marriage. In making spousal support awards, the court is required to consider, among other factors, documented evidence of any history of domestic violence between the parties or against the child of either party.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB929&version=20170AB92999INT)
2. **03/29/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB929&version=20170AB92998AMD)
3. **05/30/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB929&version=20170AB92997AMD)
4. **07/05/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB929&version=20170AB92996AMD)
5. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB929&version=20170AB92994CHP)
6. **AB929** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB929)
7. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB929&version=20170AB92995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 929 RUBIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rubio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 964.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-05-30** 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`
- **2018-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-07-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5276.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6364.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 938, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e05610db-cb9a-4622-a062-b625b2a1708e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).