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Bill	Child custody: child abuse and safety.	Existing law governs the determination of child custody and visitation in contested proceedings. Existing law requires the court, for purposes of deciding custody, to determine the best interests of the child based on certain factors, including the nature and amount of contact with both parents and, consistent with specified findings, requires the court's primary concern to be the health, safety, and welfare of the child. Existing law prohibits the ordering of family reunification services as part of a child custody or visitation rights proceeding.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 331	California SB 331 (20232024)	bill	Child custody child abuse and safety	enacted	Rubio	9	30	8	2023-02-07	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4dc408da-49dc-491e-8ffb-92d4b9777579	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB331	f0a124240dea315cd0621229fbca67e80782d9f8001b08e02da93380a5a739f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 331 (20232024) — Child custody: child abuse and safety.

Existing law governs the determination of child custody and visitation in contested proceedings. Existing law requires the court, for purposes of deciding custody, to determine the best interests of the child based on certain factors, including the nature and amount of contact with both parents and, consistent with specified findings, requires the court's primary concern to be the health, safety, and welfare of the child. Existing law prohibits the ordering of family reunification services as part of a child custody or visitation rights proceeding.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB331 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB331 Rubio et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 331 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Blanca Rubio — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rubio — primary (person)
• Bains — coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Essayli — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Hoover — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — coauthor (person)
• Min — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Roth — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
• 2023-02-15 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 892.) (April 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-02 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2023-05-08 May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1166.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1253.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-01 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered 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 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3399.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2803.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 865, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4dc408da-49dc-491e-8ffb-92d4b9777579. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).