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Bill	Reunification services.	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. Existing law requires a court to order reasonable services, including reunification services, if a parent or guardian is incarcerated, institutionalized, or detained by the United States Department of Homeland Security, or has been deported to the parent or guardian's country of origin, unless the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that those services would be detrimental to the child considering specified factors, including, among other things, the length of the sentence, the nature of the crime, and the degree of detriment to the child if services are not offered.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2159	California AB 2159 (20212022)	bill	Reunification services.	enacted	Bryan	5	22	7	2022-02-15	2022-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/470ab8a5-05ad-4f10-a6bc-eae780a9adb6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2159	70b558e0cdcce1734aabc0475864e8e56110cea81528d36eac20f180873d74e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2159 (20212022) — Reunification services.

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. Existing law requires a court to order reasonable services, including reunification services, if a parent or guardian is incarcerated, institutionalized, or detained by the United States Department of Homeland Security, or has been deported to the parent or guardian's country of origin, unless the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that those services would be detrimental to the child considering specified factors, including, among other things, the length of the sentence, the nature of the crime, and the degree of detriment to the child if services are not offered.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/28/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2159 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 13–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2159 Bryan et al. By Cortese — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2159 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — 61–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan — primary (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-15 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2022-02-24 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 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
• 2022-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (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 13. Noes 3.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 4928.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 14). 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 4. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 4951.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2022-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 691, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/470ab8a5-05ad-4f10-a6bc-eae780a9adb6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).