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Bill	Guardianships.	Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, under which a minor may be adjudged to be a dependent of the court if the minor has been abused or neglected, as specified. Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to order a legal guardianship, appoint a legal guardian, or issue letters of guardianship with respect to a minor adjudged to be a dependent. Existing law also authorizes a social worker to undertake a program of supervision of the minor in lieu of filing a dependency petition with the juvenile court, with the consent of the minor's parent or guardian. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to prepare a pamphlet in dependency cases that assists potential legal guardians with understanding their rights, duties, and obligations as a guardian of a minor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 260	California AB 260 (20212022)	bill	Guardianships.	enacted	Stone	8	26	10	2021-01-15	2021-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/7b0144c1-dab8-4989-8faa-692190025b11	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB260	8d6750c04c155ac6fe396f5a018158691f1fd40e97bd711ec1b530736d0566e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 260 (20212022) — Guardianships.

Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, under which a minor may be adjudged to be a dependent of the court if the minor has been abused or neglected, as specified. Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to order a legal guardianship, appoint a legal guardian, or issue letters of guardianship with respect to a minor adjudged to be a dependent. Existing law also authorizes a social worker to undertake a program of supervision of the minor in lieu of filing a dependency petition with the juvenile court, with the consent of the minor's parent or guardian. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to prepare a pamphlet in dependency cases that assists potential legal guardians with understanding their rights, duties, and obligations as a guardian of a minor.

Version chain

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

1. 01/15/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/28/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/21/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/06/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB260 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB260 Stone By Hurtado — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 260 Stone Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 260 Stone Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stone — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-01-16 From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1407.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-27 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2021-05-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-06-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2492.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2985.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 578, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b0144c1-dab8-4989-8faa-692190025b11. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).