republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-207.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human services omnibus."
description: "(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2023, suspends, by operation of law, a money judgment or order for support of a child for any period exceeding 90 consecutive days in which the person ordered to pay support is incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized unless the person owing support has the means to pay while incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized or the person was incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized for domestic violence against the supported party or supported child. Under existing law, the obligation resumes on the first day of the first full month after the release of the person owing support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 207"
citation: "California AB 207 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Human services omnibus."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2022-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eef462f1-b973-466b-844a-7b78f9c28331"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB207"
source_hash: "43a1f532bf9a5ae2cf6ca2db3528ed8cc1fafa66c99bdb4e4f8b963b3d545c7d"
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 207 (20212022) — Human services omnibus.

(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2023, suspends, by operation of law, a money judgment or order for support of a child for any period exceeding 90 consecutive days in which the person ordered to pay support is incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized unless the person owing support has the means to pay while incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized or the person was incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized for domestic violence against the supported party or supported child. Under existing law, the obligation resumes on the first day of the first full month after the release of the person owing support.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB207&version=20210AB20799INT)
2. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB207&version=20210AB20798AMD)
3. **08/26/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB207&version=20210AB20797AMD)
4. **09/27/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB207&version=20210AB20795CHP)
5. **AB207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB207)
6. **08/31/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB207&version=20210AB20796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 207 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 207 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading AB207 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 515.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Senate rules suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.).
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eef462f1-b973-466b-844a-7b78f9c28331`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).