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Bill	Children.	(1) Existing law establishes a procedure for a stepparent to adopt a stepchild and requires a probation officer, qualified court investigator, licensed clinical social worker, licensed marriage and family therapist, or licensed adoption agency to conduct an investigation of the proposed stepparent adoption, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2872	California AB 2872 (20152016)	bill	Children.	enacted	Patterson	7	27	7	2016-02-19	2016-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/87b05b32-f6df-4610-b84e-d2ecbe90db72	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2872	6f4b9b2c6e323ac6d026b9c38a637e842d3daf195e3e6ee3d4b9f3a89b3839a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2872 (20152016) — Children.

(1) Existing law establishes a procedure for a stepparent to adopt a stepchild and requires a probation officer, qualified court investigator, licensed clinical social worker, licensed marriage and family therapist, or licensed adoption agency to conduct an investigation of the proposed stepparent adoption, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/06/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/04/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2872 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2872 PATTERSON Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2872 Patterson By Cannella — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2872 PATTERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patterson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 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
• 2016-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4688.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-06-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). 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
• 2016-08-03 From Consent Calendar.
• 2016-08-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4972.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6046.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 702, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87b05b32-f6df-4610-b84e-d2ecbe90db72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).