Chris Ward
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 78
Author
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. Under existing law, if the person whose gender is to be changed is under 18 years of age, the petition is required to be signed by at least one of the minor's parents or a guardian or attorney of the minor, or if both parents are deceased and there is no guardian of the minor, by a near relative or friend of the minor. Under existing law, to be operative January 1, 2023, if the petition does not include a signature from one of those persons, the court is required to make an order directing the person or persons whose required signatures are not on the petition to show cause why the petition should not be granted by filing a written objection, as specified. This bill, instead, would require the court to make that order if the petition is not signed by all living parents, and would require the order to direct the parent or parents who did not sign the petition to show cause why the petition should not be granted by filing a written objection, as specified. Existing law requires, if the petition is filed by a guardian appointed by the juvenile court or the probate court, by a court-appointed dependency attorney appointed as a guardian ad litem, or by an attorney for a minor who is alleged or adjudged to be a ward of the court, and if either or both parents are deceased or cannot be located, the guardian to cause, not less than 30 days before the hearing, a notice of the time and place of the hearing or a copy of the order to show cause to be served on the child's grandparents, as specified. This bill would instead, in those circumstances, require the court to make an order directing the living grandparents to show cause why the petition for a court order to recognize a change in the minor's gender and sex identifier should not be granted within 6 weeks, as specified. The bill would additionally make other technical changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 40, Statutes of 2022.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 1.).
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 14).
Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 42. Noes 14.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 4128.).
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 31).
Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).
Ordered to second reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From inactive file.
From special consent calendar.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hertzberg.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1761.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB421 | HTML |
| 02/04/21 - Introduced | |
| 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/29/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/02/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/02/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/20/22 - Enrolled | |
| 06/23/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/23/21- Assembly Higher Education | |
| 04/12/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/25/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/14/21- Senate Education | |
| 07/01/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/28/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 05/27/22- Senate Judiciary | |
| 06/03/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/10/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/10/22- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 06/15/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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