Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge a child to be a dependent of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm or illness as a result of the failure or inability of their parent or guardian to adequately supervise or protect the child, or a parent willfully or negligently fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law prohibits a child from being found to be a child so described solely due to the lack of an emergency shelter for the family.
California AB 841 (20212022) — Dependant children.
Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge a child to be a dependent of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm or illness as a result of the failure or inability of their parent or guardian to adequately supervise or protect the child, or a parent willfully or negligently fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law prohibits a child from being found to be a child so described solely due to the lack of an emergency shelter for the family.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
AB 841 Cunningham Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
AB 841 Cunningham Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Cunningham — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2021-02-25 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. referral-committee
2021-03-23 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
2021-03-24 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. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1071.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2021-06-08 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2021-06-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1544.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2021-06-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2132.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2021-07-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 98, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a59bec1-ee69-411e-b1fb-acd7fadb354d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).