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Bill Family law omnibus. Existing law governs the determination of child custody and visitation in contested proceedings. Existing law provides that custody should be granted according to the best interest of the child. Existing law establishes a rebuttable presumption that, if a party seeking custody of a child has perpetrated domestic violence within the previous 5 years against the other party seeking custody of the child, the child, or specified other parties, that an award of sole or joint physical or legal custody to the perpetrator of the domestic violence is detrimental to the best interest of the child. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 1579 California AB 1579 (20212022)
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California AB 1579 (20212022) — Family law omnibus.

Existing law governs the determination of child custody and visitation in contested proceedings. Existing law provides that custody should be granted according to the best interest of the child. Existing law establishes a rebuttable presumption that, if a party seeking custody of a child has perpetrated domestic violence within the previous 5 years against the other party seeking custody of the child, the child, or specified other parties, that an award of sole or joint physical or legal custody to the perpetrator of the domestic violence is detrimental to the best interest of the child.

Version chain

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

  1. 03/08/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 06/24/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/22/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB1579 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/03/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 110 (pass) · upper
  • AB 1579 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — 780 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB1579 JUD. (Stone) By Umberg — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 110 (pass) · lower
  • AB 1579 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — 780 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-03-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2021-03-09 From printer. May be heard in committee April 8.
  • 2021-03-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2021-04-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-04-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1071.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-04-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2021-06-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-06-10 From Consent Calendar.
  • 2021-06-10 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2021-06-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2114.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2021-09-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2622.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2021-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 213, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/729d4a98-2000-4cf2-bad5-a0686718f718. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).