---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human services."
description: "Existing law contains various provisions relating to the disclosure of personal information between adoptees and their biological siblings, the implementation of which is delayed until July 1, 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "California SB 72 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Human services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2011-01-10"
last_action: "2011-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f71af389-869e-48cf-a336-2ebb15fe4ff0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB72"
source_hash: "91d0a94ceec260370797e88b462fdec331ff944a8d1da09979d9de15aed76f93"
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 SB 72 (20112012) — Human services.

Existing law contains various provisions relating to the disclosure of personal information between adoptees and their biological siblings, the implementation of which is delayed until July 1, 2011.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB72&version=20110SB7299INT)
2. **03/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB72&version=20110SB7298AMD)
3. **03/24/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB72&version=20110SB7296CHP)
4. **SB72** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB72)
5. **03/17/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB72&version=20110SB7297ENR)

## Votes

- F#35 SB72 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 72 B. & F. R. Third Reading Urgency By BLUMENFIELD — **61–11** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB72 Committee on B. & F.R. — **22–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-02-10** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-02-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-02-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 165.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-02-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-03-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-03-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 579.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-03-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-03-16** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2011-03-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 354.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-21** Enrolled measure version corrected.
- **2011-03-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:50 p.m.
- **2011-03-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 8, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f71af389-869e-48cf-a336-2ebb15fe4ff0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).