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type: "Bill"
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title: "Foster care: placement: family finding."
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description: "Existing law requires a county social worker to investigate the circumstances of each child taken into temporary custody by a peace officer under specified circumstances. Existing law requires the social worker to conduct an investigation, within 30 days of the child's removal, to identify and locate adult relatives of the child, as specified, and to provide them with a notification that the child has been removed from the custody of the child's parents, guardians, or Indian custodian, and an explanation of the various options to participate in the care and placement of the child."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 562"
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citation: "California AB 562 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Fostercare", "familyfinding", "placement"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Solache"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2025-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/824ac877-1680-4767-a0c7-405383f315a2"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB562"
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source_hash: "1f06f6ac88a461e2dfd0fe9f15170fc64b67dbc19a26b3dd48045791ea202c47"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 562 (20252026) — Foster care: placement: family finding.
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Existing law requires a county social worker to investigate the circumstances of each child taken into temporary custody by a peace officer under specified circumstances. Existing law requires the social worker to conduct an investigation, within 30 days of the child's removal, to identify and locate adult relatives of the child, as specified, and to provide them with a notification that the child has been removed from the custody of the child's parents, guardians, or Indian custodian, and an explanation of the various options to participate in the care and placement of the child.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/12/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB562&version=20250AB56299INT)
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2. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB562&version=20250AB56298AMD)
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3. **10/07/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB562&version=20250AB56296CHP)
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4. **AB562** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB562)
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5. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB562&version=20250AB56297ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent AB562 Solache et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 562 Solache Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 562 Solache Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Solache — primary (person)
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- Bryan — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2025-03-03** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1508.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-21** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-30** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2025-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2930.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3378.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/824ac877-1680-4767-a0c7-405383f315a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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