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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relative caregivers and foster parents."
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description: "(1) Existing law authorizes a social worker to take a child who is at risk of abuse or neglect into temporary custody under specified circumstances. Existing law requires the social worker to investigate the circumstances of the child and the facts surrounding the taking of the child into custody. Existing law requires that the social worker immediately release the child to the custody of the child's parent or guardian, or other responsible relative, except under certain conditions. If the child is not released to the custody of his or her parent or guardian, the child is deemed to be detained, and a detention hearing must be conducted before the expiration of the next judicial day after a petition to declare the minor a dependent child of the juvenile court has been filed."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 938"
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citation: "California AB 938 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Relative caregivers and foster parents."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2009-02-26"
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last_action: "2009-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c6b68c2-0cd3-45ad-96c9-3f28e2cbbe0c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB938"
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source_hash: "14d851c1242a07c3dc3c0755d690de9c20713c23657573ec2820552113e9ef7d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 938 (20092010) — Relative caregivers and foster parents.
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(1) Existing law authorizes a social worker to take a child who is at risk of abuse or neglect into temporary custody under specified circumstances. Existing law requires the social worker to investigate the circumstances of the child and the facts surrounding the taking of the child into custody. Existing law requires that the social worker immediately release the child to the custody of the child's parent or guardian, or other responsible relative, except under certain conditions. If the child is not released to the custody of his or her parent or guardian, the child is deemed to be detained, and a detention hearing must be conducted before the expiration of the next judicial day after a petition to declare the minor a dependent child of the juvenile court has been filed.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB938&version=20090AB93899INT)
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2. **03/27/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB938&version=20090AB93898AMD)
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3. **04/20/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB938&version=20090AB93897AMD)
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4. **06/01/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB938&version=20090AB93896AMD)
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5. **06/18/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB938&version=20090AB93895AMD)
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6. **08/19/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB938&version=20090AB93894AMD)
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7. **09/03/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB938&version=20090AB93893AMD)
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8. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB938&version=20090AB93891CHP)
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9. **AB938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB938)
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10. **09/21/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB938&version=20090AB93892ENR)
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## Votes
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- Assembly 3rd Reading AB938 Committee on JUD. (Feuer) By Liu — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- AB 938 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By FEUER — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- AB 938 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FEUER — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
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- **2009-03-26** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2009-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2009-05-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-05-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2009-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1963.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2009-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2009-07-13** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
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- **2009-08-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2009-08-27** In committee: Held under submission.
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- **2009-09-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2009-09-08** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
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- **2009-09-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2364.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2009-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3370.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
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- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 261, Statutes of 2009.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c6b68c2-0cd3-45ad-96c9-3f28e2cbbe0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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