republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2252.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child support payments: electronic fund transfer: qualifying accounts."
description: "Existing law obligates a parent to support his or her child. Existing law establishes the Department of Child Support Services within the California Health and Human Services Agency, which administers all services and performs all functions necessary to establish, collect, and distribute child support. Existing federal law, in connection with child support enforcement agencies, requires the state to implement a state disbursement unit for the collection and disbursement of payments under support orders, including electronic processes for receipt of payments from parents, employers, and other states, and for electronic disbursements to custodial parents and other obligees. Existing state law establishes within the Department of Child Support Services the State Disbursement Unit and the California Child Support Automation System. Existing law requires the California Child Support Automation System, which includes the State Disbursement Unit, to provide timely and accurate payment processing and centralized payment disbursement from a single location in the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2252"
citation: "California AB 2252 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child support payments: electronic fund transfer: qualifying accounts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e12fa065-d72d-42fa-9eb5-e4ee57f70d83"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2252"
source_hash: "b502f322ab5e626bfabe968a1d8b0cf5a21f840aa08bf7ee85d9e1b3bfd09348"
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 2252 (20132014) — Child support payments: electronic fund transfer: qualifying accounts.

Existing law obligates a parent to support his or her child. Existing law establishes the Department of Child Support Services within the California Health and Human Services Agency, which administers all services and performs all functions necessary to establish, collect, and distribute child support. Existing federal law, in connection with child support enforcement agencies, requires the state to implement a state disbursement unit for the collection and disbursement of payments under support orders, including electronic processes for receipt of payments from parents, employers, and other states, and for electronic disbursements to custodial parents and other obligees. Existing state law establishes within the Department of Child Support Services the State Disbursement Unit and the California Child Support Automation System. Existing law requires the California Child Support Automation System, which includes the State Disbursement Unit, to provide timely and accurate payment processing and centralized payment disbursement from a single location in the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2252&version=20130AB225299INT)
2. **06/16/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2252&version=20130AB225298AMD)
3. **07/23/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2252&version=20130AB225296CHP)
4. **AB2252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2252)
5. **07/08/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2252&version=20130AB225297ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2252 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2252 PÉREZ, J. Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2252 John A. Pérez By Jackson — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John A. Pérez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4597.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4194.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-07-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5805.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 180, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e12fa065-d72d-42fa-9eb5-e4ee57f70d83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).