republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3176.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indian children."
description: "(1) Existing federal law, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) , governs the proceedings for determining the placement of an Indian child when that child is removed from the custody of his or her parent or guardian. Existing law specifies that the state is committed to protecting the essential tribal relations and best interest of an Indian child by promoting practices in accordance with ICWA. Existing law requires a court in all Indian child custody proceedings to, among other things, comply with ICWA. Under existing law, a determination by an Indian tribe that an unmarried person who is under 18 years of age, is either a member of an Indian tribe, or is eligible for membership in an Indian tribe and a biological child of a member of an Indian tribe, constitutes a significant political affiliation with the tribe and requires application of ICWA to the proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3176"
citation: "California AB 3176 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indian children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldron"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a42dbce1-bbf2-42a8-ae37-757c70ad800e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3176"
source_hash: "768890fd457da7f9647662ee848c51bfda2234c6bfd9384c3b238ca7fc578416"
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 3176 (20172018) — Indian children.

(1) Existing federal law, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) , governs the proceedings for determining the placement of an Indian child when that child is removed from the custody of his or her parent or guardian. Existing law specifies that the state is committed to protecting the essential tribal relations and best interest of an Indian child by promoting practices in accordance with ICWA. Existing law requires a court in all Indian child custody proceedings to, among other things, comply with ICWA. Under existing law, a determination by an Indian tribe that an unmarried person who is under 18 years of age, is either a member of an Indian tribe, or is eligible for membership in an Indian tribe and a biological child of a member of an Indian tribe, constitutes a significant political affiliation with the tribe and requires application of ICWA to the proceedings.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3176&version=20170AB317699INT)
2. **04/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3176&version=20170AB317698AMD)
3. **04/11/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3176&version=20170AB317697AMD)
4. **05/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3176&version=20170AB317696AMD)
5. **06/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3176&version=20170AB317695AMD)
6. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3176&version=20170AB317694AMD)
7. **08/22/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3176&version=20170AB317693AMD)
8. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3176&version=20170AB317691CHP)
9. **AB3176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3176)
10. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3176&version=20170AB317692ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB3176 Waldron et al. By Jackson — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3176 Waldron et al. By Jackson — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB3176 Waldron et al. By Jackson Reconsider — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3176 WALDRON Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3176 WALDRON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Waldron — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Daly — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5298.)
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5552.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5600.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5609.)
- **2018-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5894.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6898.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 833, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a42dbce1-bbf2-42a8-ae37-757c70ad800e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).