AB 252 is sponsored by Ashburn and Jackson, Corey A. (Democratic).

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California 2003-2004 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 252 — Paternity judgments.

Last action September 28, 2004 — Approved by the Governor.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 03, 2003. Enacted.

Prognosis

Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
2 sponsors

1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Mixed recorded votes

9 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

Chaptered 09/28/04 - Chaptered Current pdf September 28, 2004
Enrolled 08/24/04 - Enrolled pdf August 24, 2004
Amended 06/22/04 - Amended Senate pdf June 22, 2004
Amended 06/09/04 - Amended Senate pdf June 09, 2004
Amended 05/24/04 - Amended Senate pdf May 24, 2004
Amended 01/26/04 - Amended Assembly pdf January 26, 2004
Amended 06/30/03 - Amended Assembly pdf June 30, 2003
Amended 06/26/03 - Amended Assembly pdf June 26, 2003
Amended 06/04/03 - Amended Assembly pdf June 04, 2003
Amended 05/12/03 - Amended Assembly pdf May 12, 2003
Introduced 02/03/03 - Introduced pdf February 03, 2003
AB252 View text html

Action History

September 28, 2004
Approved by the Governor.
September 28, 2004
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 849, Statutes of 2004.
September 01, 2004
Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
August 24, 2004
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7528.)
August 18, 2004
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5059.)
August 18, 2004
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
August 17, 2004
Read second time. To third reading.
August 16, 2004
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 12).
July 19, 2004
In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
July 14, 2004
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
June 22, 2004
Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
June 21, 2004
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.).
June 09, 2004
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.
May 27, 2004
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
May 24, 2004
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.
February 17, 2004
Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary.
January 29, 2004
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4398.)
January 29, 2004
In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment.
January 26, 2004
Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading.
January 21, 2004
From inactive file. To third reading.
January 20, 2004
Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Jackson.
September 05, 2003
To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Jackson.
July 06, 2003
Read second time. To third reading.
July 03, 2003
Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
July 01, 2003
Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
June 30, 2003
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2563.) From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended.
June 27, 2003
Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
June 26, 2003
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
June 23, 2003
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 17).
June 04, 2003
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
June 03, 2003
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 2106.)
June 02, 2003
Motion to reconsider continued until next Legislative day.
May 29, 2003
Motion to reconsider continued until next Legislative day.
May 20, 2003
Motion to reconsider continued until Thursday, May 29.
May 19, 2003
Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 34. Noes 30. Page 1776.) Motion to reconsider on the next Legislative day made by Assembly Member Jackson.
May 13, 2003
Read second time. To third reading.
May 12, 2003
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
May 08, 2003
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (May 6).
February 11, 2003
Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary.
February 04, 2003
From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
February 03, 2003
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Jackson, Corey A. Democratic

Co-sponsors (1)

Ashburn

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

ab 252 jackson concurrence in senate amendments

August 24, 2004

Passed 83 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	77	0	0	2
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	83	0	0	2
% of votes cast	98%	0%	0%	2%

How each member voted (85)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Yea
Aghazarian	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
Bermudez	—	Yea
Bogh	—	Yea
Campbell	—	Yea
Canciamilla	—	Yea
Chan	—	Yea
Chavez	—	Yea
Harman	—	Yea
Cohn	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daucher	—	Yea
Diaz	—	Yea
Dutra	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Dymally	—	Yea
Firebaugh	—	Yea
Frommer	—	Yea
Garcia	—	Yea
Goldberg	—	Yea
Haynes	—	Yea
Jerome	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Shirley	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Houston	—	Yea
Keene	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Suer	—	Yea
Leslie	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Longville	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Maddox	—	Yea
Matthews	—	Yea
Maze	—	Yea
McCarthy	—	Yea
Montanez	—	Yea
Mountjoy	—	Yea
Nakanishi	—	Yea
Nakano	—	Yea
Nation	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Parra	—	Yea
Plescia	—	Yea
Richman	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Salinas	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Samuelian	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Yea
Wesson	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Koretz	—	Not Voting
Wyland	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Vargas	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Not Voting
Kehoe	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Cox	—	Yea
Yee	—	Yea
La Malfa	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

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special consent cale ab252 jackson by ashburn

August 18, 2004

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	35	0	0	3
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	36	0	0	3
% of votes cast	92%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (39)

Member	Party	Vote
Cedillo	—	Yea
Ackerman	—	Yea
Alarcon	—	Yea
Alpert	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Battin	—	Yea
Bowen	—	Yea
Brulte	—	Yea
Burton	—	Yea
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Escutia	—	Yea
Figueroa	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
Margett	—	Yea
McClintock	—	Yea
McPherson	—	Yea
Morrow	—	Yea
Murray	—	Yea
Oller	—	Yea
Ortiz	—	Yea
Perata	—	Yea
Poochigian	—	Yea
Scott	—	Yea
Sher	—	Yea
Soto	—	Yea
Speier	—	Yea
Vasconcellos	—	Yea
Dunn	—	Not Voting
Vincent	—	Not Voting
Ducheny	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Not Voting
Aanestad	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea

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Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	12	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	13	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

placed on appropriations suspense file.

July 19, 2004

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	10	0	0	2
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	11	0	0	2
% of votes cast	85%	0%	0%	15%

How each member voted (13)

Member	Party	Vote
Alpert	—	Yea
Battin	—	Yea
Bowen	—	Yea
Burton	—	Yea
Escutia	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
Murray	—	Yea
Poochigian	—	Yea
Speier	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Not Voting
Aanestad	—	Not Voting
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea

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Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

June 15, 2004

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	1
Total	6	0	0	1
% of votes cast	86%	0%	0%	14%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Ducheny	—	Yea
Ackerman	—	Yea
Escutia	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Morrow	—	Yea
Sher	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Not Voting

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ab 252 jackson assembly third reading

January 29, 2004

Passed 84 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	78	0	0	1
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	84	0	0	1
% of votes cast	99%	0%	0%	1%

How each member voted (85)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Yea
Aghazarian	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
Bermudez	—	Yea
Bogh	—	Yea
Campbell	—	Yea
Canciamilla	—	Yea
Chan	—	Yea
Chavez	—	Yea
Harman	—	Yea
Cohn	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daucher	—	Yea
Diaz	—	Yea
Dutra	—	Yea
Dymally	—	Yea
Firebaugh	—	Yea
Frommer	—	Yea
Garcia	—	Yea
Goldberg	—	Yea
Haynes	—	Yea
Jerome	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Shirley	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Houston	—	Yea
Keene	—	Yea
Koretz	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Suer	—	Yea
Leslie	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Longville	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Maddox	—	Yea
Matthews	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Yea
McCarthy	—	Yea
Montanez	—	Yea
Mountjoy	—	Yea
Nakanishi	—	Yea
Nakano	—	Yea
Nation	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Parra	—	Yea
Plescia	—	Yea
Richman	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Salinas	—	Yea
Samuelian	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Yea
Wesson	—	Not Voting
Yee	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Vargas	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Wyland	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Cox	—	Yea
Maze	—	Yea
La Malfa	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

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Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	2	0	2
Democratic	2	1	0	0
Total	9	3	0	2
% of votes cast	64%	21%	0%	14%

ab 252 jackson motion to reconsider

June 03, 2003

Passed 46 Yea · 33 Nay · 6 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	42	30	0	5
Democratic	4	2	0	1
Republican	0	1	0	0
Total	46	33	0	6
% of votes cast	54%	39%	0%	7%

How each member voted (85)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Yea
Campbell	—	Nay
Harman	—	Nay
Daucher	—	Nay
Wyland	—	Nay
Haynes	—	Nay
Shirley	—	Nay
Horton	—	Nay
Houston	—	Nay
Keene	—	Nay
La	—	Nay
Malfa	—	Nay
La	—	Nay
Suer	—	Nay
Leslie	—	Nay
Maddox	—	Nay
Maze	—	Nay
McCarthy	—	Nay
Mountjoy	—	Nay
Nakanishi	—	Nay
Plescia	—	Nay
Richman	—	Nay
Runner	—	Nay
Samuelian	—	Nay
Canciamilla	—	Not Voting
Jerome	—	Not Voting
Horton	—	Not Voting
Koretz	—	Not Voting
Parra	—	Not Voting
Maldonado	—	Nay
Cogdill	—	Nay
Cox	—	Nay
Dutton	—	Nay
Yee	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
Bermudez	—	Yea
Bogh	—	Yea
Chan	—	Yea
Chavez	—	Yea
Cohn	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
Diaz	—	Yea
Dutra	—	Yea
Dymally	—	Yea
Firebaugh	—	Yea
Frommer	—	Yea
Goldberg	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Longville	—	Yea
Matthews	—	Yea
Montanez	—	Yea
Nakano	—	Yea
Nation	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Salinas	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Yea
Wesson	—	Yea
Aghazarian	—	Nay
Bates	—	Nay
McLeod	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Vargas	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Nay
Kehoe	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Nay
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Nay
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Not Voting
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Nay

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ab 252 jackson assembly third reading

May 19, 2003

Failed 35 Yea · 33 Nay · 17 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	31	32	0	14
Democratic	4	0	0	3
Republican	0	1	0	0
Total	35	33	0	17
% of votes cast	41%	39%	0%	20%

How each member voted (85)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Yee	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
Bermudez	—	Yea
Chan	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Cohn	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
Dymally	—	Yea
Firebaugh	—	Yea
Frommer	—	Yea
Goldberg	—	Yea
Koretz	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Nation	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Salinas	—	Yea
Wesson	—	Yea
Aghazarian	—	Nay
McLeod	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Yea
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Bogh	—	Nay
Campbell	—	Nay
Harman	—	Nay
Daucher	—	Nay
Wyland	—	Nay
Haynes	—	Nay
Shirley	—	Nay
Horton	—	Nay
Keene	—	Nay
La	—	Nay
Malfa	—	Nay
La	—	Nay
Suer	—	Nay
Leslie	—	Nay
Maddox	—	Nay
Maze	—	Nay
McCarthy	—	Nay
Mountjoy	—	Nay
Nakanishi	—	Nay
Plescia	—	Nay
Richman	—	Nay
Runner	—	Nay
Samuelian	—	Nay
Spitzer	—	Nay
Canciamilla	—	Not Voting
Chavez	—	Not Voting
Diaz	—	Not Voting
Dutra	—	Not Voting
Jerome	—	Not Voting
Horton	—	Not Voting
Houston	—	Not Voting
Longville	—	Not Voting
Matthews	—	Not Voting
Montanez	—	Not Voting
Nakano	—	Not Voting
Parra	—	Not Voting
Levine	—	Not Voting
Dutton	—	Nay
Vargas	—	Not Voting
Bates	—	Nay
Benoit	—	Nay
Kehoe	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Nay
Pavley	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Nay
Correa	—	Nay
Cox	—	Nay
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Not Voting
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Not Voting
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Nay

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Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	1	0	3
Democratic	2	0	0	1
Total	9	1	0	4
% of votes cast	64%	7%	0%	29%

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Who sponsors AB 252?: AB 252 is sponsored by Ashburn and Jackson, Corey A. (Democratic).
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At a glance

Identifier: AB 252
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2003-2004 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 03, 2003
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Jackson, Corey A.

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