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type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse: reportable conduct."
description: "The Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act requires a mandated reporter, as defined, to make a report to a specified agency whenever the mandated reporter, in his or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment, has knowledge of or observes a child whom the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. Existing law provides that \"child abuse or neglect\" for these purposes includes \"sexual assault,\" that includes, among other things, the crimes of sodomy, oral copulation, and sexual penetration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1145"
citation: "California AB 1145 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abuse: reportable conduct."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Garcia"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e31b210f-5292-467b-9ae6-ae0a579c3760"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1145"
source_hash: "7457a95f6141996b9c2784e49f58ef53aeb7a45df2301263ea2f577ff2f72816"
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 1145 (20192020) — Child abuse: reportable conduct.
The Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act requires a mandated reporter, as defined, to make a report to a specified agency whenever the mandated reporter, in his or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment, has knowledge of or observes a child whom the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. Existing law provides that "child abuse or neglect" for these purposes includes "sexual assault," that includes, among other things, the crimes of sodomy, oral copulation, and sexual penetration.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1145&version=20190AB114599INT)
2. **09/26/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1145&version=20190AB114597CHP)
3. **AB1145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1145)
4. **08/31/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1145&version=20190AB114598ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · lower
- AB 1145 Cristina Garcia Assembly Third Reading — **4719** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **106** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **51** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1145 Cristina Garcia By Wiener — **2810** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cristina Garcia — 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.
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-04-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-01-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 6.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 19. Page 3895.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 4398.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 180, Statutes of 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e31b210f-5292-467b-9ae6-ae0a579c3760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).