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Bill	Department of Justice: child abuse reporting.	Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain an index of all reports of child abuse and severe neglect submitted by an agency mandated to make those reports. Existing law requires the department to make relevant information contained in the index available to specified law enforcement agencies, county welfare departments, and other agencies that are conducting a child abuse investigation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 741	California AB 741 (20252026)	bill	DepartmentofJustice childabusereporting	enacted	Ransom	6	28	7	2025-02-18	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/2dbc3702-32f3-40eb-9b29-4e83987f5dc4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB741	3c3f4435f3f9d4acefbe00755417127d557f1d737a23575d4fe7d5c7f07e1d89	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 741 (20252026) — Department of Justice: child abuse reporting.

Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain an index of all reports of child abuse and severe neglect submitted by an agency mandated to make those reports. Existing law requires the department to make relevant information contained in the index available to specified law enforcement agencies, county welfare departments, and other agencies that are conducting a child abuse investigation.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/11/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/14/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB741 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB741 Ransom By Ashby — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 741 Ransom Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 741 Ransom Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ransom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2025-03-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1279.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-04-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-06-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-06-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1809.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-06-30 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2025-06-30 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2025-07-14 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2025-07-14 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-07-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2884.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
• 2025-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3454.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 619, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2dbc3702-32f3-40eb-9b29-4e83987f5dc4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).