republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-611.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mandated reporters of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult: powers of attorney."
description: "Existing law requires a mandated reporter of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult, as defined, to report financial abuse in a specified manner. Existing law provides for the creation and effect of powers of attorney."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 611"
citation: "California AB 611 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mandated reporters of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult: powers of attorney."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dababneh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b082df4-3e88-4894-a98f-db838631915b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB611"
source_hash: "3bc1614b311d7fff5fba8b43dd08006d3ae4e6d0655d0a7b7a9683fda58a0184"
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 611 (20172018) — Mandated reporters of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult: powers of attorney.

Existing law requires a mandated reporter of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult, as defined, to report financial abuse in a specified manner. Existing law provides for the creation and effect of powers of attorney.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB611&version=20170AB61199INT)
2. **05/02/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB611&version=20170AB61198AMD)
3. **06/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB611&version=20170AB61197AMD)
4. **08/24/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB611&version=20170AB61196AMD)
5. **10/02/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB611&version=20170AB61194CHP)
6. **AB611** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB611)
7. **09/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB611&version=20170AB61195ENR)

## Sponsors

- Dababneh — 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.
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** 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`
- **2017-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1530.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Coms. on I., B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** 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`
- **2017-07-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** From Consent Calendar.
- **2017-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2515.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3107.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 408, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b082df4-3e88-4894-a98f-db838631915b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).