republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-794.md

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Bill	Child welfare services.	(1) Existing law establishes a system of statewide child welfare services, administered by the State Department of Social Services and county child welfare agencies, with the intent that all children are entitled to be safe and free from abuse and neglect.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 794	California SB 794 (20152016)	bill	Child welfare services.	enacted	Committee on Human Services	8	27	8	2015-03-03	2015-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/8d297d52-6d34-4463-8029-2cdf3045398c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB794	a12a0f93c6f119d3984829c7640c1a2c7861c7fe33a59ccc9dbba89cafe93d03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 794 (20152016) — Child welfare services.

(1) Existing law establishes a system of statewide child welfare services, administered by the State Department of Social Services and county child welfare agencies, with the intent that all children are entitled to be safe and free from abuse and neglect.

Version chain

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

1. 03/03/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/02/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/09/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/01/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB794 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/15/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 794 HUM. S. Senate Third Reading By CHU — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB794 Committee On HUMAN S. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB794 Committee On HUMAN S. (McGuire) Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Human Services — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-03-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 3.
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Set for hearing April 28.
• 2015-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 817.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-08 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2015-05-18 May 18 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 1160.) (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
• 2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1326.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2015-07-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3098.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2758.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
• 2015-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 425, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d297d52-6d34-4463-8029-2cdf3045398c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).