---
type: "Bill"
title: "Placement of children: criminal records check."
description: "Existing law prohibits the State Department of Social Services, a county adoption agency, or a licensed adoption agency from giving final approval for an adoptive placement in a home in which the prospective adoptive parent or an adult living in the home has been convicted of certain felonies for which an exemption cannot be granted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "California SB 213 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Placement of children: criminal records check."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 43
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/194b8aba-06c1-4da2-a3fe-f4ea91d554a6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB213"
source_hash: "abc91c3b1d3ff5cdf4f28d2786471d41546596402764862ce66941aa147dcc3b"
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 213 (20172018) — Placement of children: criminal records check.

Existing law prohibits the State Department of Social Services, a county adoption agency, or a licensed adoption agency from giving final approval for an adoptive placement in a home in which the prospective adoptive parent or an adult living in the home has been convicted of certain felonies for which an exemption cannot be granted.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB213&version=20170SB21399INT)
2. **03/22/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB213&version=20170SB21398AMD)
3. **05/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB213&version=20170SB21397AMD)
4. **07/03/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB213&version=20170SB21396AMD)
5. **08/21/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB213&version=20170SB21395AMD)
6. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB213&version=20170SB21394AMD)
7. **09/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB213&version=20170SB21393AMD)
8. **10/12/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB213&version=20170SB21391CHP)
9. **SB213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB213)
10. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB213&version=20170SB21392ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **28–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 213 Mitchell Senate Third Reading By STONE — **58–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB213 Mitchell Concurrence — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 213 Mitchell Senate Third Reading Amend By STONE Set #1 — **54–18** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **31–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2017-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 624.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2017-04-13** April 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-13** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2017-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 851.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-05-05** Set for hearing May 15.
- **2017-05-15** May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1179.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 1249.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Mitchell.
- **2017-05-30** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1282.)
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 12. Page 1282.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-08-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 3067.)
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 3082.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-08** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-08** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 3083.)
- **2017-09-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 3491.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 3009.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 733, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/194b8aba-06c1-4da2-a3fe-f4ea91d554a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).