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type: "Bill"
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title: "Children."
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description: "(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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 2872"
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citation: "California AB 2872 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patterson"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2016-02-19"
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last_action: "2016-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87b05b32-f6df-4610-b84e-d2ecbe90db72"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2872"
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source_hash: "6f4b9b2c6e323ac6d026b9c38a637e842d3daf195e3e6ee3d4b9f3a89b3839a4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2872 (20152016) — Children.
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(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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2872&version=20150AB287299INT)
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2. **04/05/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2872&version=20150AB287298AMD)
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3. **06/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2872&version=20150AB287297AMD)
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4. **08/04/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2872&version=20150AB287296AMD)
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5. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2872&version=20150AB287294CHP)
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6. **AB2872** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2872)
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7. **08/23/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2872&version=20150AB287295ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2872 PATTERSON Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2872 Patterson By Cannella — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2872 PATTERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2016-03-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2016-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4688.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-12** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-03** From Consent Calendar.
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- **2016-08-03** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-08-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4972.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2016-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6046.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 702, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87b05b32-f6df-4610-b84e-d2ecbe90db72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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