republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-450.md

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Bill	Adoption.	Existing law governs the adoption of unmarried minors. Existing law grants a court of this state with jurisdiction of adoption proceedings for minors in specified circumstances, including, among others, when the minor and the prospective adoptive parent are physically present in this state and the minor has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the minor because the minor has been subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse or is otherwise neglected.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 450	California SB 450 (20252026)	bill	Adoption	enacted	Menjivar	6	26	8	2025-02-18	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/dc76e9fe-8450-4dc2-b8a6-d16f3d15a88e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB450	a896bd894ad2513290935d832961acde9b269d47c8ff64b8a7ee2ba5363a2ca3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 450 (20252026) — Adoption.

Existing law governs the adoption of unmarried minors. Existing law grants a court of this state with jurisdiction of adoption proceedings for minors in specified circumstances, including, among others, when the minor and the prospective adoptive parent are physically present in this state and the minor has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the minor because the minor has been subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse or is otherwise neglected.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/12/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/28/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB450 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB450 Menjivar et al. Concurrence — 30–10 (pass) · upper
• SB 450 Menjivar Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 61–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 10–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 28–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Menjivar — primary (person)
• Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — coauthor (person)
• Harabedian — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Zbur — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
• 2025-02-26 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Set for hearing April 1.
• 2025-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 610.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2025-04-21 April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1200.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 1340.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-17 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-28 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-28 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 10. Page 3165.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2893.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 757, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc76e9fe-8450-4dc2-b8a6-d16f3d15a88e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).