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Bill	Juveniles.	Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge certain children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of his or her parents or guardian, and establishes procedures to determine temporary placement of a dependent child. Existing law prescribes various hearings, including specified review hearings, and other procedures for these purposes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 977	California SB 977 (20132014)	bill	Juveniles.	enacted	Liu	7	32	9	2014-02-11	2014-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/31fb5537-e0ee-42a4-8f21-0be5d8ffa466	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB977	17a426c482173f1744623c4dae9800c81b0531924ed87884463ca22b1ae8f7db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 977 (20132014) — Juveniles.

Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge certain children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of his or her parents or guardian, and establishes procedures to determine temporary placement of a dependent child. Existing law prescribes various hearings, including specified review hearings, and other procedures for these purposes.

Version chain

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

1. 02/11/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/13/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/16/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/21/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB977 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/12/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 977 Liu Senate Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 29–5 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB977 Liu Concurrence — 33–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 3–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Liu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-11 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2014-02-12 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
• 2014-02-20 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2014-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-03-19 Re-referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-03-25 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2014-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 3213.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-04-25 Set for hearing May 6.
• 2014-05-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3403.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-13 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
• 2014-05-15 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2014-05-19 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-05-20 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3706.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2014-05-28 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2014-05-28 Ordered to third reading.
• 2014-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 3696.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2014-06-09 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2014-06-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-07-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5908.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2014-08-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 4401.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2014-08-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-08-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 219, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31fb5537-e0ee-42a4-8f21-0be5d8ffa466. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).