republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1671.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family law: child custody and support."
description: "Family law: child custody and support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1671"
citation: "California AB 1671 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family law: child custody and support."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-03-15"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5606a9ea-3db1-49d4-9949-09792bca8037"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1671"
source_hash: "3a874d6ddcf04567b78243fc3ebb240d2de9b48e6846e56e5605e0e438899f5c"
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 1671 (19992000) — Family law: child custody and support.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/15/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1671&version=19990AB167199INT)
2. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1671&version=19990AB167198AMD)
3. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1671&version=19990AB167197AMD)
4. **06/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1671&version=19990AB167196AMD)
5. **09/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1671&version=19990AB167195AMD)
6. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1671&version=19990AB167194AMD)
7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1671&version=19990AB167192CHP)
8. **AB1671** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1671)
9. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1671&version=19990AB167193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1671 Committee on Jud. (Kuehl) By Schiff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1671 COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 980, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4480.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3141.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-23** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-07-14** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2058.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-16** From printer. May be heard in committee April 15.
- **1999-03-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5606a9ea-3db1-49d4-9949-09792bca8037`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).