Existing law continues the parental duty to support an unmarried child who has attained 18 years of age, is a full-time high school student, and who is not self-supporting, until the time the child completes grade 12 or attains 19 years of age, whichever occurs first. Existing law provides that both parents have an equal responsibility to support their child in the manner suitable to the child's circumstances. Existing law also provides that both parents have an equal responsibility to maintain, to the extent of their ability, a child of whatever age who is incapacitated from earning a living and without sufficient means. Existing law authorizes the establishment of a special needs trust if a court makes specific determinations, including that the minor or person with a disability has a disability that substantially impairs the individual's ability to provide for their own care.
California AB 2397 (20232024) — Child support: special needs trusts.
Existing law continues the parental duty to support an unmarried child who has attained 18 years of age, is a full-time high school student, and who is not self-supporting, until the time the child completes grade 12 or attains 19 years of age, whichever occurs first. Existing law provides that both parents have an equal responsibility to support their child in the manner suitable to the child's circumstances. Existing law also provides that both parents have an equal responsibility to maintain, to the extent of their ability, a child of whatever age who is incapacitated from earning a living and without sufficient means. Existing law authorizes the establishment of a special needs trust if a court makes specific determinations, including that the minor or person with a disability has a disability that substantially impairs the individual's ability to provide for their own care.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2397 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2397 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Maienschein — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2024-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2024-04-09 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-11 From Consent Calendar by request of Assembly Member Essayli. To Third Reading. reading-1
2024-04-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4777.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-04-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-01 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2024-05-24 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
2024-06-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-06-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-06-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4395.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-06-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-06-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5850.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-06-17 Enrolled measure version corrected.
2024-06-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-06-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-06-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 25, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17f8853e-734a-40a3-b731-014680d204a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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