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Bill	Elders and dependent adults: abuse or neglect.	Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, provides for the award of attorney's fees and costs to, and the recovery of damages by, a plaintiff when it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant is liable for physical abuse or neglect, and the defendant has also been found guilty of recklessness, oppression, fraud, or malice in the commission of that abuse.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 251	California AB 251 (20252026)	bill	Eldersanddependentadults abuseorneglect	enacted	Kalra	6	21	7	2025-01-15	2025-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/0adc1836-f2e4-4e02-af87-846cfce96992	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB251	18a59e950592cf5a8986394108595cf39a70cb05a130edb56079ffadb193d21c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 251 (20252026) — Elders and dependent adults: abuse or neglect.

Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, provides for the award of attorney's fees and costs to, and the recovery of damages by, a plaintiff when it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant is liable for physical abuse or neglect, and the defendant has also been found guilty of recklessness, oppression, fraud, or malice in the commission of that abuse.

Version chain

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

1. 01/15/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/07/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB251 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/10/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB251 Kalra By Wahab — 29–7 (pass) · upper
• AB 251 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 57–8 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 251 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-01-16 From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
• 2025-02-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-19 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
• 2025-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 8.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-04-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-07 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-30 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2515.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 10. Page 3023.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2025-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 433, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0adc1836-f2e4-4e02-af87-846cfce96992. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).