Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge a child to be a dependent of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian and establishes procedures to determine placement of a dependent child. Existing law prescribes various hearings, including specified review hearings, and other procedures for these purposes.
California AB 1068 (20192020) — Juveniles: dependency: child and family teams.
Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge a child to be a dependent of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian and establishes procedures to determine placement of a dependent child. Existing law prescribes various hearings, including specified review hearings, and other procedures for these purposes.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Cooley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2019-03-18 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. referral-committee
2019-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2019-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-24 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2019-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2019-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2042.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-06-06 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
2019-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
2019-07-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-07-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2019-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2582.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3142.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 780, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a953ea8-7cc5-4d36-9ce7-8ce02914e5b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).