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Bill	Minor or nonminor dependent parents: reunification services.	(1) Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of his or her parents or guardian, and establishes procedures to determine temporary placement of a dependent child. When a court orders the removal of a child from the physical custody of his or her parent, existing law generally requires the court to order the return of the child to the physical custody of his or her parent at the review hearings held 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months, respectively, after the initial disposition hearing, unless the court finds that the return of the child would create a substantial risk of detriment, or substantial danger, to the safety, protection, or physical or emotional well-being of the child. In making this determination, existing law requires the court to consider the efforts or progress, or both, demonstrated by the parent and the extent to which he or she availed himself or herself of reunification services, taking into account the particular barriers to an incarcerated, institutionalized, detained, or deported parent's or guardian's access to those court-mandated reunification services and ability to maintain contact with his or her child.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 68	California SB 68 (20152016)	bill	Minor or nonminor dependent parents: reunification services.	enacted	Liu	7	25	8	2015-01-08	2015-09-09	openstates	ocd-bill/2d956ef4-7026-42e8-8a0a-9c9b498ca74e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB68	626e74f081baa3b0c21d162d69e46eccc71599577c8b27972783b928b3fa080d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 68 (20152016) — Minor or nonminor dependent parents: reunification services.

(1) Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of his or her parents or guardian, and establishes procedures to determine temporary placement of a dependent child. When a court orders the removal of a child from the physical custody of his or her parent, existing law generally requires the court to order the return of the child to the physical custody of his or her parent at the review hearings held 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months, respectively, after the initial disposition hearing, unless the court finds that the return of the child would create a substantial risk of detriment, or substantial danger, to the safety, protection, or physical or emotional well-being of the child. In making this determination, existing law requires the court to consider the efforts or progress, or both, demonstrated by the parent and the extent to which he or she availed himself or herself of reunification services, taking into account the particular barriers to an incarcerated, institutionalized, detained, or deported parent's or guardian's access to those court-mandated reunification services and ability to maintain contact with his or her child.

Version chain

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

1. 01/08/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/02/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/09/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB68 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/27/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #7 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 68 Liu Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Liu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-08 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-01-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 8.
• 2015-02-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-25 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2015-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 525.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2015-05-04 May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
• 2015-06-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1147.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1292.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2534.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-08-25 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2205.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
• 2015-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 284, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d956ef4-7026-42e8-8a0a-9c9b498ca74e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).