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Bill	Dependent children: documents: housing.	Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which is permitted to adjudge certain children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, and prescribes various hearings and other procedures for these purposes. Under existing law, the county welfare department is required to submit reports at the first regularly scheduled review hearing after a dependent child has attained 16 years of age and at the last regularly scheduled review hearing before a dependent child attains 18 years of age, and at every regularly scheduled review hearing thereafter, verifying that specified information, documents, and services have been provided to the minor or nonminor, including, if applicable, referrals to transitional housing or assistance in securing other stable housing. Under existing law, dependency jurisdiction over a nonminor dependent who has attained 18 years of age shall not terminate until a hearing is conducted and the department has submitted a report, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 546	California AB 546 (20212022)	bill	Dependent children: documents: housing.	enacted	Maienschein	8	30	8	2021-02-10	2021-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/75358c98-c9f8-415c-b5d9-0894321a602d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB546	dd0d9bca8b1b78b3110011f7f48b13e8efde9aa631f37d3580d5b53bed86ed11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 546 (20212022) — Dependent children: documents: housing.

Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which is permitted to adjudge certain children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, and prescribes various hearings and other procedures for these purposes. Under existing law, the county welfare department is required to submit reports at the first regularly scheduled review hearing after a dependent child has attained 16 years of age and at the last regularly scheduled review hearing before a dependent child attains 18 years of age, and at every regularly scheduled review hearing thereafter, verifying that specified information, documents, and services have been provided to the minor or nonminor, including, if applicable, referrals to transitional housing or assistance in securing other stable housing. Under existing law, dependency jurisdiction over a nonminor dependent who has attained 18 years of age shall not terminate until a hearing is conducted and the department has submitted a report, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/09/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/16/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/05/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB546 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/03/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 546 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB546 Maienschein By Kamlager — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 546 Maienschein Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maienschein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2021-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1336.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-19 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1716.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2021-08-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-23 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-24 From Consent Calendar.
• 2021-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2232.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-01 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
• 2021-09-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2645.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2021-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 519, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75358c98-c9f8-415c-b5d9-0894321a602d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).