Existing law delegates to the Department of Child Support Services and local child support agencies the responsibility for collecting and enforcing child support obligations, including child support delinquencies, as defined. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to promulgate regulations for county child welfare departments, including, but not limited to, any case of separation or desertion of a parent from a child that results in foster care assistance payments, payments for a minor child placed in the same home as a minor or nonminor dependent parent, and California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) payments to a caretaker relative of a child who comes within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Existing law requires those regulations to require the county child welfare department to determine whether it is in the best interests of the child or nonminor to have the case referred to the local child support agency for child support services, as specified.
California AB 1686 (20212022) — Child welfare agencies: enforcement.
Existing law delegates to the Department of Child Support Services and local child support agencies the responsibility for collecting and enforcing child support obligations, including child support delinquencies, as defined. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to promulgate regulations for county child welfare departments, including, but not limited to, any case of separation or desertion of a parent from a child that results in foster care assistance payments, payments for a minor child placed in the same home as a minor or nonminor dependent parent, and California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) payments to a caretaker relative of a child who comes within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. Existing law requires those regulations to require the county child welfare department to determine whether it is in the best interests of the child or nonminor to have the case referred to the local child support agency for child support services, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1686 Bryan et al. By Skinner — 35–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 7–3 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
AB 1686 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — 58–14 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bryan — primary (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-01-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-01-25 From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
2022-01-27 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. referral-committee
2022-01-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-02-01 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2022-03-15 Coauthors revised.
2022-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 14.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-08 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUMAN S. referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 5052.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 755, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8030e7b-cba0-4380-a5c7-b30a1bf39154. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).