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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child custody: allegations of abuse: report."
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description: "Existing law requires the court to require an evaluation, investigation, or assessment in any contested proceeding involving child custody or visitation rights if the court has appointed a child custody evaluator or has referred the case for a full or partial court-connected evaluation, investigation, or assessment, and the court determines that there is a serious allegation of child sexual abuse, as defined. Existing law authorizes a court to require an evaluation, investigation, or assessment if there is an allegation of child abuse in any other circumstances. Existing law establishes certain minimum standards for these evaluations, investigations, or assessments."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 1179"
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citation: "California AB 1179 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Child custody: allegations of abuse: report."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blanca Rubio"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-02-21"
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last_action: "2019-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/550ed9f3-9bf7-4fe9-a67e-25dc8240d408"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1179"
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source_hash: "ceacf376fb758546a8656b65884f28168cabcb81688fbc9b36f71df687e26e8f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1179 (20192020) — Child custody: allegations of abuse: report.
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Existing law requires the court to require an evaluation, investigation, or assessment in any contested proceeding involving child custody or visitation rights if the court has appointed a child custody evaluator or has referred the case for a full or partial court-connected evaluation, investigation, or assessment, and the court determines that there is a serious allegation of child sexual abuse, as defined. Existing law authorizes a court to require an evaluation, investigation, or assessment if there is an allegation of child abuse in any other circumstances. Existing law establishes certain minimum standards for these evaluations, investigations, or assessments.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1179&version=20190AB117999INT)
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2. **04/04/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1179&version=20190AB117998AMD)
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3. **06/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1179&version=20190AB117997AMD)
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4. **07/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1179&version=20190AB117995CHP)
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5. **AB1179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1179)
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6. **07/09/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1179&version=20190AB117996ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1179 Blanca Rubio Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar AB1179 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1179 Blanca Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Blanca Rubio — primary (person)
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- Bates — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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- Wilk — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
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- **2019-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1478.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to Consent Calendar. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2019-06-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1880.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2019-07-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2563.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-07-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2019-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2019.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/550ed9f3-9bf7-4fe9-a67e-25dc8240d408`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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