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Bill Court appointed child advocates: wards. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to establish a Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program, under which volunteers serve as court appointed child advocates to provide designated services and support to dependent children and nonminor dependents in juvenile dependency proceedings. Existing law provides that a minor, under certain circumstances, is subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. If the minor has violated a law or ordinance, existing law authorizes the juvenile court to adjudge the minor to be a ward of the court. us/states/ca California Legislature 20152016 AB 424 California AB 424 (20152016)
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California AB 424 (20152016) — Court appointed child advocates: wards.

Existing law requires the Judicial Council to establish a Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program, under which volunteers serve as court appointed child advocates to provide designated services and support to dependent children and nonminor dependents in juvenile dependency proceedings. Existing law provides that a minor, under certain circumstances, is subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. If the minor has violated a law or ordinance, existing law authorizes the juvenile court to adjudge the minor to be a ward of the court.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/19/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/18/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 07/13/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB424 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/29/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 160 (pass) · lower
  • AB 424 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day — 780 (pass) · lower
  • Consent Calendar 2nd AB424 Beth Gaines — 370 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Beth Gaines — primary (person)
  • Bigelow — coauthor (person)
  • Gaines — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2015-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2015-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
  • 2015-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2015-03-18 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
  • 2015-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2015-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2015-04-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-04-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1109.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-04-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2015-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2015-06-22 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
  • 2015-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1619.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2015-07-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
  • 2015-07-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2015-07-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 71, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d507ddf4-8f31-4ca2-ac20-88c146905ea9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).