Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which is permitted to adjudge certain children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child is abused, a parent or guardian fails to adequately supervise or protect the child, as specified, or a parent or guardian fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law requires a proceeding in the juvenile court to declare a child to be a dependent child of the court to be commenced by the filing with the court, by the social worker, of a petition in conformity with specified requirements. Existing law authorizes the court to issue a protective custody warrant for a minor under certain circumstances, including when a petition has been filed in the juvenile court alleging that the minor comes within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court as a dependent or when a dependent minor has run away from his or her court-ordered placement.
California AB 1401 (20172018) — Juveniles: protective custody warrant.
Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which is permitted to adjudge certain children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child is abused, a parent or guardian fails to adequately supervise or protect the child, as specified, or a parent or guardian fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law requires a proceeding in the juvenile court to declare a child to be a dependent child of the court to be commenced by the filing with the court, by the social worker, of a petition in conformity with specified requirements. Existing law authorizes the court to issue a protective custody warrant for a minor under certain circumstances, including when a petition has been filed in the juvenile court alleging that the minor comes within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court as a dependent or when a dependent minor has run away from his or her court-ordered placement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1401 Maienschein By Wiener — 37–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1401 MAIENSCHEIN Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1401 MAIENSCHEIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Maienschein — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-04-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-04-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2017-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1619.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-01 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
2017-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-08-21 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2017-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-23 From Consent Calendar.
2017-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
2017-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2345.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2934.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2017-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/486746f4-c9c0-4a19-b623-ce30d5bb5be3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).