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Bill Adoption. Existing law prescribes the procedures for the relinquishment of a child to the State Department of Social Services or a licensed adoption agency for adoption, and requires the relinquishment to be signed and acknowledged before specified persons. Existing law specifies certain time periods during which a birth parent may revoke a relinquishment for adoption, but also provides that a birth parent may elect to sign a waiver of the right to revoke relinquishment in the presence of specified persons. Existing law requires that if the waiver is signed in the presence of an authorized representative of a private licensed adoption agency, the relinquishment becomes final and irrevocable at the close of the next business day. us/states/ca California Legislature 20132014 AB 848 California AB 848 (20132014)
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California AB 848 (20132014) — Adoption.

Existing law prescribes the procedures for the relinquishment of a child to the State Department of Social Services or a licensed adoption agency for adoption, and requires the relinquishment to be signed and acknowledged before specified persons. Existing law specifies certain time periods during which a birth parent may revoke a relinquishment for adoption, but also provides that a birth parent may elect to sign a waiver of the right to revoke relinquishment in the presence of specified persons. Existing law requires that if the waiver is signed in the presence of an authorized representative of a private licensed adoption agency, the relinquishment becomes final and irrevocable at the close of the next business day.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 07/02/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 10/11/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB848 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/12/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 90 (pass) · lower
  • AB 848 PATTERSON Consent Calendar Second Day — 750 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB848 Patterson By Cannella — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 60 (pass) · upper
  • AB 848 PATTERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 770 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Patterson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2013-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2013-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
  • 2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2013-04-02 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2013-04-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2013-04-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 801.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2013-04-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2013-04-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2013-06-04 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2013-06-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2013-06-10 From consent calendar.
  • 2013-06-10 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2013-07-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
  • 2013-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2013-07-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
  • 2013-08-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2013-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2013-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2098.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2013-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2013-09-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2912.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2013-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2013-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2013-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 743, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83de6a8f-a21c-477a-8fb0-c66ced244631. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).