---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse reporting: mandated reporters."
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 $1,000, or by both."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1264"
citation: "California SB 1264 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abuse reporting: mandated reporters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/756d68b6-6e33-4249-9404-046610bf9c89"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1264"
source_hash: "5b6042ef17068218006bed7bf61d5b5a7303cc296a24801bd108081c140b8c53"
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 1264 (20112012) — Child abuse reporting: mandated reporters.

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 $1,000, or by both.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1264&version=20110SB126499INT)
2. **04/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1264&version=20110SB126498AMD)
3. **08/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1264&version=20110SB126497AMD)
4. **09/24/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1264&version=20110SB126495CHP)
5. **SB1264** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1264)
6. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1264&version=20110SB126496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #12 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1264 Vargas Senate Third Reading By AMMIANO — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1264 Vargas Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2012-04-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3209.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-07** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3594.) (May 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3750.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. (Page 6252.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6449.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4971.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 518, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/756d68b6-6e33-4249-9404-046610bf9c89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).