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Bill	Developmental services: decisionmaking.	Existing law authorizes a peace officer, without a warrant, to take into temporary custody a minor when the officer has reasonable cause for believing that the minor is in danger, as specified. Existing law provides for a hearing process to deem the child a dependent child of the court. Under existing law, during the hearing process the court is authorized to temporarily limit the right of a parent or guardian to make educational decisions for the child and to temporarily appoint, or make itself, these decisions, as specified. Under existing law, once the minor is adjudged a dependent child of the court, the court may limit the ability of a parent or guardian to make educational decisions for the minor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 368	California SB 368 (20112012)	bill	Developmental services: decisionmaking.	enacted	Liu	9	35	10	2011-02-15	2011-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/6f4aec44-2302-410a-badc-0e61bce005c2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB368	db38fa5d6617be5b272edb2d4fdc2086da7f5e82352689404501f289f2f5b26d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 368 (20112012) — Developmental services: decisionmaking.

Existing law authorizes a peace officer, without a warrant, to take into temporary custody a minor when the officer has reasonable cause for believing that the minor is in danger, as specified. Existing law provides for a hearing process to deem the child a dependent child of the court. Under existing law, during the hearing process the court is authorized to temporarily limit the right of a parent or guardian to make educational decisions for the child and to temporarily appoint, or make itself, these decisions, as specified. Under existing law, once the minor is adjudged a dependent child of the court, the court may limit the ability of a parent or guardian to make educational decisions for the minor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/31/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/14/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/04/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB368 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/12/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 368 Liu Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 368 Liu Senate Third Reading By BEALL — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 368 Liu Senate Third Reading By BEALL Amend By BEALL Set #1 — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB368 Liu Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Liu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2011-03-16 Set for hearing April 12.
• 2011-04-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 641.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-14 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2011-04-27 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-05-13 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2011-05-23 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-05-25 Set for hearing May 26.
• 2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1116.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1238.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-09 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2011-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-08-29 Ordered to the Assembly.
• 2011-08-29 In Assembly. Held at Desk.
• 2011-08-31 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to Senate.
• 2011-08-31 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-02 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2815.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3006.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2411.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2011-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 471, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f4aec44-2302-410a-badc-0e61bce005c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).