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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 6 months, a fine of up to $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1434"
citation: "California AB 1434 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abuse reporting: mandated reporters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feuer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-01-04"
last_action: "2012-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17bf9c11-077c-4ee9-8048-a017c17ce91b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1434"
source_hash: "2160ddd51ce583b0f661a2a8beba532045ac75d1dde8eda248132e1f4791b00d"
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 1434 (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 6 months, a fine of up to $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/04/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1434&version=20110AB143499INT)
2. **03/14/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1434&version=20110AB143498AMD)
3. **06/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1434&version=20110AB143497AMD)
4. **08/22/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1434&version=20110AB143496AMD)
5. **09/24/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1434&version=20110AB143494CHP)
6. **AB1434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1434)
7. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1434&version=20110AB143495ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **60** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **150** (pass) · lower
- AB 1434 FEUER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **800** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 1434 FEUER Assembly Third Reading — **730** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1434 Feuer By Calderon — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Feuer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-01-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-05** From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
- **2012-01-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-14** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4336.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4884.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6532.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 519, Statutes of 2012.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17bf9c11-077c-4ee9-8048-a017c17ce91b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).