---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse reporting: athletic personnel."
description: "Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, requires a mandated reporter, as defined, to report whenever he or she, in his or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment, has knowledge of or observed a child whom the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. Failure to report an incident is a crime punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of up to 6 months, a fine of up to $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1435"
citation: "California AB 1435 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abuse reporting: athletic personnel."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickinson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-01-04"
last_action: "2012-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80608550-3d66-4170-8ff1-70f7c4c1baac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1435"
source_hash: "bbc1ee4c16c262aca83b20d1a7735d6c55b239368687ddcda223e3bca2dece5a"
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 1435 (20112012) — Child abuse reporting: athletic personnel.

Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, requires a mandated reporter, as defined, to report whenever he or she, in his or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment, has knowledge of or observed a child whom the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. Failure to report an incident is a crime punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of up to 6 months, a fine of up to $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/04/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1435&version=20110AB143599INT)
2. **02/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1435&version=20110AB143598AMD)
3. **03/14/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1435&version=20110AB143597AMD)
4. **03/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1435&version=20110AB143596AMD)
5. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1435&version=20110AB143595AMD)
6. **06/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1435&version=20110AB143594AMD)
7. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1435&version=20110AB143593AMD)
8. **09/24/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1435&version=20110AB143591CHP)
9. **AB1435** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1435)
10. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1435&version=20110AB143592ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1435 Dickinson By Calderon — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1435 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1435 DICKINSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickinson — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-05** From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
- **2012-01-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-14** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5099.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4753.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6363.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 520, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80608550-3d66-4170-8ff1-70f7c4c1baac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).