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Bill	Elder and dependent adult abuse: mandated reporters: substance use disorder counselors.	Under existing law, any person who has assumed full or intermittent responsibility for the care or custody of an elder or dependent adult, is a mandated reporter. Under existing law, any mandated reporter who has observed or has knowledge of an incident that reasonably appears to be physical abuse, abandonment, abduction, isolation, financial abuse, or neglect, or is told by an elder or dependent adult that he or she has experienced these behaviors, is required to report the abuse immediately or as soon as practicably possible. The failure to report on the part of a mandated reporter is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 575	California AB 575 (20172018)	bill	Elder and dependent adult abuse: mandated reporters: substance use disorder counselors.	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	5	27	8	2017-02-14	2017-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/b0b67e90-fd5a-446e-b215-7384bc082a03	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB575	58e4eacb81819a766440bc831aa25657eada9907cc2c63856cbd94595ff71543	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 575 (20172018) — Elder and dependent adult abuse: mandated reporters: substance use disorder counselors.

Under existing law, any person who has assumed full or intermittent responsibility for the care or custody of an elder or dependent adult, is a mandated reporter. Under existing law, any mandated reporter who has observed or has knowledge of an incident that reasonably appears to be physical abuse, abandonment, abduction, isolation, financial abuse, or neglect, or is told by an elder or dependent adult that he or she has experienced these behaviors, is required to report the abuse immediately or as soon as practicably possible. The failure to report on the part of a mandated reporter is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/28/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/02/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB575 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 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. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB575 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 575 JONES-SAWYER Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 575 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB575 Jones-Sawyer By Beall — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2017-02-27 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1488.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-24 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-10 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2017-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-07-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2022.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-07-13 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2017-07-17 Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
• 2017-07-17 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2017-07-18 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2017-08-28 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. reading-3, passage
• 2017-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2459.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3018.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 407, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0b67e90-fd5a-446e-b215-7384bc082a03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).