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Bill Change of gender and sex identifier. Existing law authorizes a person to file a petition with the superior court seeking a judgment recognizing their change of gender to female, male, or nonbinary, including a person who is under 18 years of age. Existing law authorizes a person to file a single petition to simultaneously change the petitioner's name and recognize the change to the petitioner's gender and sex identifier, as specified. us/states/ca California Legislature 20232024 AB 223 California AB 223 (20232024)
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California AB 223 (20232024) — Change of gender and sex identifier.

Existing law authorizes a person to file a petition with the superior court seeking a judgment recognizing their change of gender to female, male, or nonbinary, including a person who is under 18 years of age. Existing law authorizes a person to file a single petition to simultaneously change the petitioner's name and recognize the change to the petitioner's gender and sex identifier, as specified.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/10/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 06/05/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 08/23/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 09/23/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. AB223 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass — 82 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 101 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB223 Ward et al. By Padilla — 326 (pass) · upper
  • AB 223 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 648 (pass) · lower
  • AB 223 Ward Assembly Third Reading — 630 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ward — primary (person)
  • Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
  • Cervantes — coauthor (person)
  • Eggman — coauthor (person)
  • Laird — coauthor (person)
  • Lee — coauthor (person)
  • Low — coauthor (person)
  • Padilla — coauthor (person)
  • Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2023-01-11 From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
  • 2023-01-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2023-03-14 Coauthors revised.
  • 2023-03-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (March 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-03-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 889.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-03-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2023-05-03 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2023-06-05 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 2402.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
  • 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 8. Page 3037.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2023-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 221, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dee1df78-e48e-460a-b291-decfbb6f06ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).