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Bill	Adoption.	(1) Existing law, the Uniform Parentage Act, among other provisions, provides for the termination of parental rights in adoption proceedings. Existing law requires an inquiry of the mother and any other appropriate person in an effort to identify the natural father of a child, and requires notice of proceedings relating to adoption and the termination of parental rights to be given to an alleged father in accordance with specified provisions of law.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 687	California AB 687 (20112012)	bill	Adoption.	enacted	Fletcher	10	30	6	2011-02-17	2011-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/aef05b98-1a03-4724-bb2b-13b7ab5865ff	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB687	c08410dbd5272933974f07dfc88ff7ef977440dea8b102f86ef16934c5e3db79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 687 (20112012) — Adoption.

(1) Existing law, the Uniform Parentage Act, among other provisions, provides for the termination of parental rights in adoption proceedings. Existing law requires an inquiry of the mother and any other appropriate person in an effort to identify the natural father of a child, and requires notice of proceedings relating to adoption and the termination of parental rights to be given to an alleged father in accordance with specified provisions of law.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/27/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/12/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/18/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/30/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/04/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB687 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/19/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 687 FLETCHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB687 Fletcher By Liu — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 687 FLETCHER Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fletcher — primary (person)
• Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-04-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1354.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-06-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-14 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2011-07-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2011-07-14 Measure version as amended on July 12 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2011-08-15 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-08-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-22 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2011-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2351.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2011-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3185.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 462, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aef05b98-1a03-4724-bb2b-13b7ab5865ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).