---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dependent children."
description: "Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge a child to be a dependent of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm or illness as a result of the failure or inability of their parent or guardian to adequately supervise or protect the child. Existing law requires the court to make a determination, throughout various hearings in the juvenile dependency process, including at the 6-month review hearing, the 12-month permanency hearing, and subsequent permanency review hearings, as to whether the return of the child to their parent or legal guardian would create a substantial risk of detriment to the safety, protection, or physical or emotional well-being of the child. Under existing law, the failure of the parent or legal guardian to participate regularly and make substantive progress in court-ordered treatment programs is considered prima facie evidence at these hearings that return would be detrimental."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 463"
citation: "California SB 463 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dependent children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wahab"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eeda35d-6073-4235-89aa-8054020e5f4d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB463"
source_hash: "f9292311b88896eeb1d02255fda8a38c45f8baf0bd6e60b2aa202eceaab0f536"
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 463 (20232024) — Dependent children.

Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge a child to be a dependent of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm or illness as a result of the failure or inability of their parent or guardian to adequately supervise or protect the child. Existing law requires the court to make a determination, throughout various hearings in the juvenile dependency process, including at the 6-month review hearing, the 12-month permanency hearing, and subsequent permanency review hearings, as to whether the return of the child to their parent or legal guardian would create a substantial risk of detriment to the safety, protection, or physical or emotional well-being of the child. Under existing law, the failure of the parent or legal guardian to participate regularly and make substantive progress in court-ordered treatment programs is considered prima facie evidence at these hearings that return would be detrimental.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB463&version=20230SB46399INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB463&version=20230SB46398AMD)
3. **08/28/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB463&version=20230SB46397AMD)
4. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB463&version=20230SB46395CHP)
5. **SB463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB463)
6. **09/08/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB463&version=20230SB46396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **13–3** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB463 Wahab et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB463 Wahab et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 463 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Gipson — **60–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wahab — primary (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Cortese — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)
- Wallis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 686.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 961.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-28** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 2933.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2422.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 714, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eeda35d-6073-4235-89aa-8054020e5f4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).