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Bill	Consideration when determining child custody: human trafficking.	Existing law governs the determination of child custody and visitation in contested proceedings. Under existing law, upon a finding by the court that a party seeking custody of a child has perpetrated domestic violence against the child, the other party seeking custody of the child, or others, as specified, there is a rebuttable presumption that granting custody to the party who perpetrated domestic violence is detrimental to the best interest of the child. Under existing law, this presumption may only be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1375	California AB 1375 (20252026)	bill	Considerationwhendeterminingchildcustody humantrafficking	enacted	Hoover	8	27	6	2025-02-21	2025-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/4e25858c-c4d8-4dcb-963e-1a857909dc59	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1375	e13db365c3e10bea473cba8106e56bda023508fcf0eee7909b1f1422bd0928f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1375 (20252026) — Consideration when determining child custody: human trafficking.

Existing law governs the determination of child custody and visitation in contested proceedings. Under existing law, upon a finding by the court that a party seeking custody of a child has perpetrated domestic violence against the child, the other party seeking custody of the child, or others, as specified, there is a rebuttable presumption that granting custody to the party who perpetrated domestic violence is detrimental to the best interest of the child. Under existing law, this presumption may only be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/17/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/07/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1375 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/02/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1375 Hoover Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB1375 Hoover et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1375 Hoover Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 72–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hoover — primary (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)
• Krell — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-03-13 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2018.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-18 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-07-03 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
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2252.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2774.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 452, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e25858c-c4d8-4dcb-963e-1a857909dc59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).