---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family law: adoption."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the termination of parental rights in adoption proceedings. In connection with those proceedings, existing law requires a court to inquire of the mother and other specified persons and entities in an effort to identify the natural father of the child to be adopted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1757"
citation: "California AB 1757 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family law: adoption."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fletcher"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-17"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39c342be-6da5-403b-bb3d-034be1407532"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1757"
source_hash: "7acfb0f158762d1978511a2081149c965ddd1813368d21688539547ce7ed9bf9"
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 1757 (20112012) — Family law: adoption.

(1) Existing law provides for the termination of parental rights in adoption proceedings. In connection with those proceedings, existing law requires a court to inquire of the mother and other specified persons and entities in an effort to identify the natural father of the child to be adopted.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1757&version=20110AB175799INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1757&version=20110AB175798AMD)
3. **04/11/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1757&version=20110AB175797AMD)
4. **07/03/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1757&version=20110AB175796AMD)
5. **08/07/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1757&version=20110AB175795AMD)
6. **08/15/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1757&version=20110AB175794AMD)
7. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1757&version=20110AB175792CHP)
8. **AB1757** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1757)
9. **08/29/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1757&version=20110AB175793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1757 FLETCHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1757 Fletcher By Cannella — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1757 FLETCHER Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fletcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-07** From consent calendar.
- **2012-05-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5170.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4636.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6240.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 638, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39c342be-6da5-403b-bb3d-034be1407532`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).