Existing law provides for the removal of a child from the custody of a parent or guardian on the basis of abuse or neglect, as specified. Existing law requires the juvenile court to order the social worker to provide family reunification services, unless specified conditions exist. Existing law requires the court to order that reunification services be terminated if it decides to permanently terminate parental rights with regard to, or establish legal guardianship of, the child.
California AB 791 (20112012) — Dependent children: birth certificates.
Existing law provides for the removal of a child from the custody of a parent or guardian on the basis of abuse or neglect, as specified. Existing law requires the juvenile court to order the social worker to provide family reunification services, unless specified conditions exist. Existing law requires the court to order that reunification services be terminated if it decides to permanently terminate parental rights with regard to, or establish legal guardianship of, the child.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 791 AMMIANO Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Ammiano — primary (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.
2011-03-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2011-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-03-31 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2011-04-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-04-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1124.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-04-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-05-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2011-06-07 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1377.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-13 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2011-06-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:40 a.m.
2011-06-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-07-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 59, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70743263-abd4-42b0-8fbe-f402f4159d52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).