republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-373.md

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Bill	Dependency proceedings: counsel.	Existing law requires the juvenile court to appoint counsel for a child or nonminor dependent in dependency proceedings if they are not represented by counsel, unless the court determines that there would be no benefit from the appointment of counsel. Existing law authorizes counsel to be a district attorney, public defender, or other member of the State Bar, who satisfies certain conditions. Existing law specifies that a primary responsibility of counsel appointed to represent a child or nonminor dependent is to advocate for the protection, safety, and physical and emotional well-being of the child or nonminor dependent. Under existing law, counsel in general is charged with representation of the child's best interests. Existing law requires, when counsel is appointed for a nonminor dependent, counsel to represent the wishes of the nonminor dependent except when advocating for those wishes conflicts with the protection or safety of the nonminor dependent.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 373	California AB 373 (20252026)	bill	Dependencyproceedings counsel	enacted	Blanca Rubio	5	19	6	2025-02-03	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9e129776-b001-4b90-92f7-4e229c5c450b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB373	c9d9f7561ffd6bff3f3160dd85f798d1d2f39e6dceaa60273cd3423542eea18f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 373 (20252026) — Dependency proceedings: counsel.

Existing law requires the juvenile court to appoint counsel for a child or nonminor dependent in dependency proceedings if they are not represented by counsel, unless the court determines that there would be no benefit from the appointment of counsel. Existing law authorizes counsel to be a district attorney, public defender, or other member of the State Bar, who satisfies certain conditions. Existing law specifies that a primary responsibility of counsel appointed to represent a child or nonminor dependent is to advocate for the protection, safety, and physical and emotional well-being of the child or nonminor dependent. Under existing law, counsel in general is charged with representation of the child's best interests. Existing law requires, when counsel is appointed for a nonminor dependent, counsel to represent the wishes of the nonminor dependent except when advocating for those wishes conflicts with the protection or safety of the nonminor dependent.

Version chain

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

1. 02/03/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/11/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB373 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB373 Blanca Rubio By Arreguín — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 373 Blanca Rubio Assembly Third Reading — 64–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blanca Rubio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-04 From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-12 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 1031.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-04-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-07 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2445.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 146, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e129776-b001-4b90-92f7-4e229c5c450b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).