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Bill	Child welfare services.	Existing federal law, the original Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 (CAPTA) , provided assistance to states to develop child abuse and neglect identification and prevention programs. Existing federal law, the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 and the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act, among other provisions, provide funding for child abuse and neglect prevention and other child and family services programs, and require the amendment of applicable state plans.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 1521	California SB 1521 (20112012)	bill	Child welfare services.	enacted	Liu	8	30	8	2012-02-24	2012-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/19d8e123-d4c1-454a-a0ee-e5191c072bdc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1521	97001d6bff53b77462c725eb3d7a8f8865c19e1275e5f758dc18f53d0086e319	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1521 (20112012) — Child welfare services.

Existing federal law, the original Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 (CAPTA) , provided assistance to states to develop child abuse and neglect identification and prevention programs. Existing federal law, the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 and the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act, among other provisions, provide funding for child abuse and neglect prevention and other child and family services programs, and require the amendment of applicable state plans.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/03/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/20/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB1521 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/05/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1521 Liu Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1521 Liu Senate Third Reading By BEALL — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Liu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2012-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2012-04-20 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3308.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2012-05-14 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2012-05-18 Set for hearing May 24.
• 2012-05-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3598.) (May 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3649.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2012-06-07 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2012-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-08 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-24 Read third time and amended. (Page 6254.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2012-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6460.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5008.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2012-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 847, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19d8e123-d4c1-454a-a0ee-e5191c072bdc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).