---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child protection: safe surrender."
description: "Existing law designates certain locations as safe-surrender sites for the safe surrender of newborn children who are 72 hours of age or younger."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1048"
citation: "California AB 1048 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child protection: safe surrender."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torrico"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd24c249-511b-451e-afa8-9ccf142505bd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1048"
source_hash: "e518546e930329b7344f002dcab78fb2c739ce5ac277521f9c04cfb163515e13"
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 1048 (20092010) — Child protection: safe surrender.

Existing law designates certain locations as safe-surrender sites for the safe surrender of newborn children who are 72 hours of age or younger.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1048&version=20090AB104899INT)
2. **03/31/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1048&version=20090AB104898AMD)
3. **06/01/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1048&version=20090AB104897AMD)
4. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1048&version=20090AB104895AMD)
5. **07/16/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1048&version=20090AB104896AMD)
6. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1048&version=20090AB104893CHP)
7. **AB1048** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1048)
8. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1048&version=20090AB104894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1048 TORRICO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1048 Torrico By Cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1048 TORRICO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torrico — primary (person)
- Audra Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- De Leon — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Fuentes — coauthor (person)
- Harkey — coauthor (person)
- Krekorian — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Perez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 9. Page 2039.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-11** To inactive file on motion of Senator Romero.
- **2010-07-15** From inactive file.
- **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 4682.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6467.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 567, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd24c249-511b-451e-afa8-9ccf142505bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).