republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1934.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dependent persons: definition."
description: "Existing law generally affords dependent persons and adults protections against abuse and neglect. Existing law makes it a crime to engage in certain types of conduct against a dependent adult or dependent person, including, among others, committing certain sexual acts upon a dependent person, or willfully causing or permitting the person or health of a dependent adult to be injured. Existing law also establishes special conditions for dependent adults with respect to court proceedings, including oath requirements and witness examinations. Existing law defines \"dependent person\" for purposes of these provisions as, in part, a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially restricts his or her ability to carry out normal activities or to protect his or her rights, including, but not limited to, persons who have physical or developmental disabilities or whose physical or mental abilities have significantly diminished because of age. Existing law defines \"dependent adult\" for purposes of these provisions as, in part, a person who is between the ages of 18 and 64, who has physical or mental limitations which restrict his or her ability to carry out normal activities or to protect his or her rights, including, but not limited to, persons who have physical or developmental disabilities or whose physical or mental abilities have diminished because of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1934"
citation: "California AB 1934 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dependent persons: definition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c71620d-10c1-4e48-9851-56d4cb7d8e03"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1934"
source_hash: "2be6ed994f871c085de279c5e68ae7ae57fe04f92097924d2ce6b4487d6a613c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1934 (20172018) — Dependent persons: definition.

Existing law generally affords dependent persons and adults protections against abuse and neglect. Existing law makes it a crime to engage in certain types of conduct against a dependent adult or dependent person, including, among others, committing certain sexual acts upon a dependent person, or willfully causing or permitting the person or health of a dependent adult to be injured. Existing law also establishes special conditions for dependent adults with respect to court proceedings, including oath requirements and witness examinations. Existing law defines "dependent person" for purposes of these provisions as, in part, a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially restricts his or her ability to carry out normal activities or to protect his or her rights, including, but not limited to, persons who have physical or developmental disabilities or whose physical or mental abilities have significantly diminished because of age. Existing law defines "dependent adult" for purposes of these provisions as, in part, a person who is between the ages of 18 and 64, who has physical or mental limitations which restrict his or her ability to carry out normal activities or to protect his or her rights, including, but not limited to, persons who have physical or developmental disabilities or whose physical or mental abilities have diminished because of age.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/24/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1934&version=20170AB193499INT)
2. **02/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1934&version=20170AB193498AMD)
3. **07/09/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1934&version=20170AB193496CHP)
4. **AB1934** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1934)
5. **06/27/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1934&version=20170AB193497ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar AB1934 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1934 JONES-SAWYER Consent Calendar Second Day — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2018-02-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 4265.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4878.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 70, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c71620d-10c1-4e48-9851-56d4cb7d8e03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).