republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1974.md

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Bill	Family conciliation courts: evaluator training.	Existing law establishes the family conciliation court, which may be implemented by the superior court in each county, to provide means for the reconciliation of spouses and the amicable settlement of domestic and family controversies. In each county in which a family conciliation court is established, the superior court may appoint one supervising counselor of conciliation and one secretary to assist the family conciliation court in disposing of its business and carrying out its functions. Existing law defines an "evaluator" for purposes of family reconciliation court proceedings to include a supervising or associate counselor, a mediator, a court-connected or private child custody evaluator, or a court-appointed investigator or evaluator, as described. Existing law requires an evaluator to participate in specified training requirements, including 16 hours of advanced training within a 12-month period. Existing law requires 12 hours of that advanced training to include, among other topics, the unique issues in a family and psychological assessment in a domestic violence case, such as the nature and extent of domestic violence, and the relationship of gender, class, race, culture, and sexual orientation to domestic violence, and the influence of alcohol and drug use and abuse on the incidence of domestic violence.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1974	California AB 1974 (20232024)	bill	Family conciliation courts evaluator training	enacted	Petrie-Norris	4	21	5	2024-01-30	2024-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/f96031db-6b3a-4e39-bf83-ca58d3bd811b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1974	9319b767481e98a2bf9470e81031a2bbd505eeef8232980f9fc4928cefbaf666	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1974 (20232024) — Family conciliation courts: evaluator training.

Existing law establishes the family conciliation court, which may be implemented by the superior court in each county, to provide means for the reconciliation of spouses and the amicable settlement of domestic and family controversies. In each county in which a family conciliation court is established, the superior court may appoint one supervising counselor of conciliation and one secretary to assist the family conciliation court in disposing of its business and carrying out its functions. Existing law defines an "evaluator" for purposes of family reconciliation court proceedings to include a supervising or associate counselor, a mediator, a court-connected or private child custody evaluator, or a court-appointed investigator or evaluator, as described. Existing law requires an evaluator to participate in specified training requirements, including 16 hours of advanced training within a 12-month period. Existing law requires 12 hours of that advanced training to include, among other topics, the unique issues in a family and psychological assessment in a domestic violence case, such as the nature and extent of domestic violence, and the relationship of gender, class, race, culture, and sexual orientation to domestic violence, and the influence of alcohol and drug use and abuse on the incidence of domestic violence.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/20/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1974 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/19/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB1974 Petrie-Norris et al. — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1974 Petrie-Norris Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
• Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
• Blakespear — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-31 From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
• 2024-02-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-03-12 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-03-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4630.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4626.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-06-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-06-24 Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
• 2024-06-24 Held at Desk.
• 2024-08-15 Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 303, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f96031db-6b3a-4e39-bf83-ca58d3bd811b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).