republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-429.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child support: access to records."
description: "Existing law, the Uniform Parentage Act, governs actions to determine a parent and child relationship. These provisions authorize a local child support agency to bring an action under the act in any case in which the agency determines it to be appropriate. Existing law also provides that, notwithstanding any other law concerning public hearings and records, a hearing or trial under the act may be held in closed court, as specified, and all papers and records, other than the final judgment, pertaining to the action or proceeding are subject to inspection only in exceptional cases upon an order of the court for good cause shown. However, this provision also provides that papers and records pertaining to an action or proceeding that are part of the permanent record of the court are subject to inspection by the parties to the action and their attorneys, pursuant to written authorization, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 429"
citation: "California AB 429 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child support: access to records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Megan Dahle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c29554ed-6325-4400-bff2-32022c1e4408"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB429"
source_hash: "802d9078416cb9cdc2fb7af2ecfe9e457a14c6392f39df4ccd0ff1165c3ffb0c"
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 429 (20212022) — Child support: access to records.

Existing law, the Uniform Parentage Act, governs actions to determine a parent and child relationship. These provisions authorize a local child support agency to bring an action under the act in any case in which the agency determines it to be appropriate. Existing law also provides that, notwithstanding any other law concerning public hearings and records, a hearing or trial under the act may be held in closed court, as specified, and all papers and records, other than the final judgment, pertaining to the action or proceeding are subject to inspection only in exceptional cases upon an order of the court for good cause shown. However, this provision also provides that papers and records pertaining to an action or proceeding that are part of the permanent record of the court are subject to inspection by the parties to the action and their attorneys, pursuant to written authorization, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB429&version=20210AB42999INT)
2. **07/09/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB429&version=20210AB42997CHP)
3. **AB429** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB429)
4. **06/25/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB429&version=20210AB42998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 429 Megan Dahle Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB429 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Megan Dahle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1152.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1633.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2021-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 52, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c29554ed-6325-4400-bff2-32022c1e4408`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).