--- type: "Bill" title: "Defendants: minor children." description: "Existing law provides for the appointment of a guardian for a minor child. Existing law provides for the creation of a power of attorney for a minor child. Existing law defines a \"trustline provider\" as an adult who provides child care, in-home education services, or other specified services to a minor, and who is registered but not required to be licensed for purposes of child care." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "AB 2380" citation: "California AB 2380 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Defendants: minor children."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Alejo"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2016-02-18" last_action: "2016-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a97abaf0-0d8c-41d2-be8f-21b6e2482999" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2380" source_hash: "ae4f2e1e3f48f4683336ec3076cb91cbff195b5c83f7beaab4faf5283fca9625" 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 2380 (20152016) — Defendants: minor children. Existing law provides for the appointment of a guardian for a minor child. Existing law provides for the creation of a power of attorney for a minor child. Existing law defines a "trustline provider" as an adult who provides child care, in-home education services, or other specified services to a minor, and who is registered but not required to be licensed for purposes of child care. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2380&version=20150AB238099INT) 2. **03/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2380&version=20150AB238098AMD) 3. **04/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2380&version=20150AB238097AMD) 4. **08/08/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2380&version=20150AB238096AMD) 5. **09/30/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2380&version=20150AB238094CHP) 6. **AB2380** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2380) 7. **08/23/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2380&version=20150AB238095ENR) ## Votes - AB 2380 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2380 Alejo By Cannella — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2380 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Alejo — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20. - **2016-03-08** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2016-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2016-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee` - **2016-04-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2016-04-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2016-04-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4393.) - **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-05-02** Withdrawn from committee. - **2016-05-02** Ordered to second reading. - **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4772.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-03** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2016-08-04** From Consent Calendar. - **2016-08-04** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4989.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2016-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6044.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2016-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 882, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a97abaf0-0d8c-41d2-be8f-21b6e2482999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).