Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to adjudge a minor who has been abused or neglected, or who meets other specified criteria, to be a dependent child of the court. Existing law requires the court to conduct various hearings regarding children who are, or who may become, dependent children, including a detention hearing, jurisdictional hearing, and dispositional hearing. Existing law requires the probation officer, the social worker, or the clerk of the court to provide notice of those hearings to certain persons, including parents, guardians, the child, if he or she is 10 years of age or older, adult relatives under certain conditions, and attorneys for the parents or guardians, as specified.
California AB 879 (20152016) — Juveniles: court proceedings: notice.
Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to adjudge a minor who has been abused or neglected, or who meets other specified criteria, to be a dependent child of the court. Existing law requires the court to conduct various hearings regarding children who are, or who may become, dependent children, including a detention hearing, jurisdictional hearing, and dispositional hearing. Existing law requires the probation officer, the social worker, or the clerk of the court to provide notice of those hearings to certain persons, including parents, guardians, the child, if he or she is 10 years of age or older, adult relatives under certain conditions, and attorneys for the parents or guardians, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
AB 879 BURKE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Burke — primary (person)
Anderson — coauthor (person)
Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
2015-03-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-04-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2015-04-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1145.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-27 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. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-17 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2015-06-22 Ordered to third reading.
2015-07-07 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-07-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1903.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-07-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2015-07-16 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2417.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-08-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2015-08-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-08-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 219, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2232fecb-ceae-45d1-b3b1-c191940f9028. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).