Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to annually report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature and to post on its Internet Web site a summary of outcome and expenditure data that allows for monitoring the changes of the 2011 realignment of child welfare services, foster care, adoptions, and adult protective services programs. Existing law also requires the department to contract with an appropriate and qualified entity to conduct an evaluation of the adequacy of the current child welfare services budgeting methodology and make recommendations for revising the budgeting methodology, including, among other things, appropriate caseload levels.
California AB 2015 (20152016) — Public social services: 2011 realignment report.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to annually report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature and to post on its Internet Web site a summary of outcome and expenditure data that allows for monitoring the changes of the 2011 realignment of child welfare services, foster care, adoptions, and adult protective services programs. Existing law also requires the department to contract with an appropriate and qualified entity to conduct an evaluation of the adequacy of the current child welfare services budgeting methodology and make recommendations for revising the budgeting methodology, including, among other things, appropriate caseload levels.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2015 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
McCarty — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2016-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5082.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4876.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-11 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2016-08-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-08-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 182, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/544a1c12-89be-422e-9d3d-4df274fda195. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).