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Bill	Juveniles: reunification.	Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian and generally requires the court to order the social worker to provide designated child welfare services, including family reunification services, to the removed child and the child's mother and statutorily presumed father or guardians. Existing law, however, prohibits a court from ordering reunification services when the child was under 5 years of age and suffered severe physical abuse by a parent or guardian unless the court finds, based on competent testimony, that the services are likely to prevent reabuse or continued neglect of the child or that failure to try reunification will be detrimental to the child because the child is closely and positively attached to that parent.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 2805	California AB 2805 (20192020)	bill	Juveniles: reunification.	enacted	Eggman	4	15	4	2020-02-20	2020-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/e3b577f2-acf4-48ee-b76e-8f2cea532fd1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2805	c9365c53cf2c688f75e99509cd2a2b3cf6ce06d2186939ca794d341484cbd322	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2805 (20192020) — Juveniles: reunification.

Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian and generally requires the court to order the social worker to provide designated child welfare services, including family reunification services, to the removed child and the child's mother and statutorily presumed father or guardians. Existing law, however, prohibits a court from ordering reunification services when the child was under 5 years of age and suffered severe physical abuse by a parent or guardian unless the court finds, based on competent testimony, that the services are likely to prevent reabuse or continued neglect of the child or that failure to try reunification will be detrimental to the child because the child is closely and positively attached to that parent.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/30/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2805 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/31/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2805 Eggman Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB2805 — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eggman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2020-03-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2020-05-12 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4602.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2020-07-31 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-08-01 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4373.). 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.
• 2020-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 356, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3b577f2-acf4-48ee-b76e-8f2cea532fd1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).