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Bill	Vital records.	(1) Existing law prescribes the duties of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics (State Registrar) and local registrars of births and deaths with respect to the registration of certificates of live birth, fetal death, or death, and marriage licenses. Existing law requires the State Registrar to prescribe and furnish all record forms for use in carrying out the provisions governing vital records and prohibits the use of any record form or format other than those prescribed by the State Registrar. Existing law requires every live birth, fetal death, death, and marriage that occurs in the state to be registered with the local registrar. Existing law requires certificates of live birth, fetal death, or death, and a marriage license to include specified information, such as the full name of the child on a certificate of live birth and the full names of the parties to be married on a marriage license. Existing law also requires the county clerk to issue a confidential marriage license, as specified, on a form prescribed by the State Registrar.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 64	California AB 64 (20252026)	bill	Vitalrecords	enacted	Pacheco	8	28	8	2024-12-03	2025-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/677d803f-ecb4-4fb2-aefc-2e89b9cb9984	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB64	44172cf9e684e114909128098b1cd74b8cb1a4d38ebd8e65e5ca0f8a211858b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 64 (20252026) — Vital records.

(1) Existing law prescribes the duties of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics (State Registrar) and local registrars of births and deaths with respect to the registration of certificates of live birth, fetal death, or death, and marriage licenses. Existing law requires the State Registrar to prescribe and furnish all record forms for use in carrying out the provisions governing vital records and prohibits the use of any record form or format other than those prescribed by the State Registrar. Existing law requires every live birth, fetal death, death, and marriage that occurs in the state to be registered with the local registrar. Existing law requires certificates of live birth, fetal death, or death, and a marriage license to include specified information, such as the full name of the child on a certificate of live birth and the full names of the parties to be married on a marriage license. Existing law also requires the county clerk to issue a confidential marriage license, as specified, on a form prescribed by the State Registrar.

Version chain

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

1. 12/03/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/12/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB64 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB64 Pacheco et al. By Limón — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 64 Pacheco Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 64 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pacheco — primary (person)
• Ahrens — coauthor (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)
• Alvarez — coauthor (person)
• Boerner — coauthor (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (person)
• Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Fong — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Harabedian — coauthor (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• Mark González — coauthor (person)
• Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
• Patel — coauthor (person)
• Pellerin — coauthor (person)
• Ramos — coauthor (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)
• Schultz — coauthor (person)
• Solache — coauthor (person)
• Soria — coauthor (person)
• Stefani — coauthor (person)
• Valencia — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-03 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2024-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
• 2025-01-06 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1778.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-06-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-07 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2737.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3192.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 662, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/677d803f-ecb4-4fb2-aefc-2e89b9cb9984. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).