republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1702.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles: dependent children: reunification services."
description: "Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge 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 generally requires the court to order the social worker to provide designated child welfare services, including family reunification services, to the child and the child's mother and statutorily presumed father or guardians. Existing law provides that reunification services need not be provided to a parent or guardian when the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that a specified event has occurred, including that the child has been adjudicated a dependent as a result of severe sexual abuse or the infliction of severe physical harm to the child, a sibling, or a half sibling by a parent or guardian, and the court makes a factual finding that it would not benefit the child to pursue reunification services with the offending parent or guardian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1702"
citation: "California AB 1702 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles: dependent children: reunification services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-01-25"
last_action: "2016-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c9134c6-8a66-4bda-b46c-dcdf0bc1dd7b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1702"
source_hash: "5f0e4c47272e19cfae28b53c670e6bf6f1a70e703b1e1e9193612666bd67fb08"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1702 (20152016) — Juveniles: dependent children: reunification services.

Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge 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 generally requires the court to order the social worker to provide designated child welfare services, including family reunification services, to the child and the child's mother and statutorily presumed father or guardians. Existing law provides that reunification services need not be provided to a parent or guardian when the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that a specified event has occurred, including that the child has been adjudicated a dependent as a result of severe sexual abuse or the infliction of severe physical harm to the child, a sibling, or a half sibling by a parent or guardian, and the court makes a factual finding that it would not benefit the child to pursue reunification services with the offending parent or guardian.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1702&version=20150AB170299INT)
2. **03/07/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1702&version=20150AB170298AMD)
3. **03/16/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1702&version=20150AB170297AMD)
4. **06/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1702&version=20150AB170296AMD)
5. **08/17/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1702&version=20150AB170294CHP)
6. **AB1702** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1702)
7. **08/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1702&version=20150AB170295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1702 STONE Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1702 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1702 Mark Stone — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — primary (person)
- Maienschein — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-25** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-08** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-03-16** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4624.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4646.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5636.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 124, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c9134c6-8a66-4bda-b46c-dcdf0bc1dd7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).