republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-247.md

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Bill	Child abuse reporting: availability of information.	Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain an index of all reports of child abuse and severe neglect submitted by agencies mandated to make those reports. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to notify an agency that submits a child abuse report, or a prosecutor who requests notification, of any information maintained in the index that is relevant to the known or suspected instance of child abuse or severe neglect reported by the agency. Existing law further requires that the relevant agency, as specified, make this information available to the appropriate licensing agency, as specified, as well as to the reporting medical practitioner, child custodian, guardian ad litem, or appointed counsel, if he or she is treating or investigating a case of known or suspected child abuse or severe neglect.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 247	California AB 247 (20092010)	bill	Child abuse reporting: availability of information.	enacted	Emmerson	4	18	5	2009-02-10	2009-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/1860c9ec-aa0e-479f-a438-88f68655ab4b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB247	22dc7c30684b4bcd112fbc9938fc0257987cf7ab41893a9dbdf05d74ab08f029	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 247 (20092010) — Child abuse reporting: availability of information.

Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain an index of all reports of child abuse and severe neglect submitted by agencies mandated to make those reports. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to notify an agency that submits a child abuse report, or a prosecutor who requests notification, of any information maintained in the index that is relevant to the known or suspected instance of child abuse or severe neglect reported by the agency. Existing law further requires that the relevant agency, as specified, make this information available to the appropriate licensing agency, as specified, as well as to the reporting medical practitioner, child custodian, guardian ad litem, or appointed counsel, if he or she is treating or investigating a case of known or suspected child abuse or severe neglect.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/06/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB247 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #11 AB247 Emmerson — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 247 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emmerson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2009-03-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2009-04-01 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 31). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-27 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-04 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1239.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-05-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2009-06-09 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-06-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2009-06-24 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-25 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-06-29 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1520.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-29 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 91, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1860c9ec-aa0e-479f-a438-88f68655ab4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).