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Bill	Child abuse and neglect: nonmandated reporters.	Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, establishes procedures for the reporting and investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect. The act requires certain professionals, including specified health practitioners and social workers, known as mandated reporters, to report known or reasonably suspected child abuse or neglect to a local law enforcement agency or a county welfare or probation department, as specified. The act authorizes any other person, known as a nonmandated reporter, to report a known or suspected instance of child abuse or neglect to a local law enforcement agency or a county welfare or probation department, as specified. Existing law authorizes a nonmandated reporter to make a report anonymously.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 391	California AB 391 (20232024)	bill	Child abuse and neglect nonmandated reporters	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	5	22	8	2023-02-02	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/99249251-5ed5-47d8-8a8e-95367e70091f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB391	ba2a727b11088739110e89bc0085b0f37e4f6edc00a93bae17dad72793e02082	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 391 (20232024) — Child abuse and neglect: nonmandated reporters.

Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, establishes procedures for the reporting and investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect. The act requires certain professionals, including specified health practitioners and social workers, known as mandated reporters, to report known or reasonably suspected child abuse or neglect to a local law enforcement agency or a county welfare or probation department, as specified. The act authorizes any other person, known as a nonmandated reporter, to report a known or suspected instance of child abuse or neglect to a local law enforcement agency or a county welfare or probation department, as specified. Existing law authorizes a nonmandated reporter to make a report anonymously.

Version chain

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

1. 02/02/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB391 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 391 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 391 Jones-Sawyer Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB391 Jones-Sawyer By Wahab — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-03 From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
• 2023-02-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1984.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-10 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2765.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3574.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 434, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99249251-5ed5-47d8-8a8e-95367e70091f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).