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. Existing law identifies commercial film and photographic print processors as mandated reporters, and requires any commercial film and photographic print processor who has knowledge of or observed in his or her professional capacity or employment any film, photograph, videotape, negative, or slide depicting a child under 16 years of age engaging in an act of sexual conduct to report the instance of suspected child abuse.
California AB 1713 (20112012) — Child abuse reporting.
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. Existing law identifies commercial film and photographic print processors as mandated reporters, and requires any commercial film and photographic print processor who has knowledge of or observed in his or her professional capacity or employment any film, photograph, videotape, negative, or slide depicting a child under 16 years of age engaging in an act of sexual conduct to report the instance of suspected child abuse.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1713 CAMPOS Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1713 CAMPOS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Campos — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2012-03-01 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2012-03-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4785.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2012-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-07-02 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2012-08-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4707.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6304.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
2012-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 517, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f862278-ad45-4ae3-b48a-1afa68ac6a3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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