republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-907.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse or neglect investigation: military notification."
description: "Existing law provides that a child may be a dependent child of the juvenile court in certain cases, including when the child has suffered, or is at substantial risk of suffering, serious physical harm or illness as a result of the willful or negligent failure of the parent or guardian to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law requires a social worker who has cause to believe that a child has been abused or neglected to immediately conduct an investigation to determine whether child welfare services should be offered to the family and whether proceedings in the juvenile court should be commenced."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 907"
citation: "California SB 907 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abuse or neglect investigation: military notification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5eaae799-28ad-4b11-a410-e792d99fd3d7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB907"
source_hash: "7fe9eb906ade255f57f32cd08d9b179f1d51c4c93f3bee43b9753b7bea2cb562"
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 SB 907 (20192020) — Child abuse or neglect investigation: military notification.

Existing law provides that a child may be a dependent child of the juvenile court in certain cases, including when the child has suffered, or is at substantial risk of suffering, serious physical harm or illness as a result of the willful or negligent failure of the parent or guardian to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law requires a social worker who has cause to believe that a child has been abused or neglected to immediately conduct an investigation to determine whether child welfare services should be offered to the family and whether proceedings in the juvenile court should be commenced.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB907&version=20190SB90799INT)
2. **08/19/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB907&version=20190SB90798AMD)
3. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB907&version=20190SB90796CHP)
4. **SB907** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB907)
5. **09/02/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB907&version=20190SB90797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB907 Archuleta et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 907 Archuleta Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB907 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archuleta — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Grove — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2020-03-23** March 23 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-08** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2020-05-12** Referral to Com. on V.A. rescinded due to the shortened 2020 Legislative Calendar.
- **2020-05-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3559.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
- **2020-06-09** June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2020-06-11** Set for hearing June 18.
- **2020-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3766.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3816.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-29** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-09** July 20 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-03** Coauthors revised.
- **2020-08-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5283.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 233, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5eaae799-28ad-4b11-a410-e792d99fd3d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).