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Bill	Child welfare services: Indian tribes.	Existing law authorizes the State Department of Social Services to enter into an agreement with a tribe, consortium of tribes, or tribal organization regarding the care and custody of Indian children and jurisdiction over Indian child custody proceedings, under specified circumstances. Existing law requires an agreement entered into under these provisions, when the agreement is concerning the provision of child welfare services, to ensure that a tribe, consortium of tribes, or tribal organization meets current service delivery standards and provides for a specified tribal matching share of costs.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 873	California AB 873 (20212022)	bill	Child welfare services: Indian tribes.	enacted	Ramos	6	26	9	2021-02-17	2021-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/76b61438-0483-4811-b5c6-330e3360bfe9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB873	e293c0e004fd4b46148c4fff30cbba030f40254c16feaffc468a62fe9b186105	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 873 (20212022) — Child welfare services: Indian tribes.

Existing law authorizes the State Department of Social Services to enter into an agreement with a tribe, consortium of tribes, or tribal organization regarding the care and custody of Indian children and jurisdiction over Indian child custody proceedings, under specified circumstances. Existing law requires an agreement entered into under these provisions, when the agreement is concerning the provision of child welfare services, to ensure that a tribe, consortium of tribes, or tribal organization meets current service delivery standards and provides for a specified tribal matching share of costs.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/14/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/24/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB873 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/15/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 873 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 873 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB873 Ramos By Hurtado — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ramos — 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 Com. on HUM. S. 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
• 2021-05-12 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1470.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-03 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-14 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
• 2021-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. 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: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-09-01 From special consent calendar.
• 2021-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2606.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3152.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2021-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 284, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76b61438-0483-4811-b5c6-330e3360bfe9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).