republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2292.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles: reunification orders."
description: "Existing law provides that a minor may be removed from the physical custody of his or her parents if there is a substantial danger to the physical health of the child or the child is suffering severe emotional damage and there are no reasonable means to protect the child without removing him or her. Additionally, a minor who is in wardship proceedings may be removed from the physical custody of his or her parents if the court finds that remaining in the home would be contrary to the minor's welfare in addition to other specified findings, including that removal is necessary to protect the minor or another person or the person's property. When a minor is removed from the physical custody of his or her parents in dependency or wardship proceedings, existing law generally requires that reunification services be provided to a minor and his or her family. Existing law also provides for periodic status review hearings, at which the court must return a minor to the physical custody of his or her parents unless the court makes specified findings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2292"
citation: "California AB 2292 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles: reunification orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nielsen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/373a3dd5-d2e5-4f94-9d0e-459b3c1317d3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2292"
source_hash: "44615f612ddb8a4392bc43d090a078cedee996adfc8d4706364fdf80437a945d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2292 (20112012) — Juveniles: reunification orders.

Existing law provides that a minor may be removed from the physical custody of his or her parents if there is a substantial danger to the physical health of the child or the child is suffering severe emotional damage and there are no reasonable means to protect the child without removing him or her. Additionally, a minor who is in wardship proceedings may be removed from the physical custody of his or her parents if the court finds that remaining in the home would be contrary to the minor's welfare in addition to other specified findings, including that removal is necessary to protect the minor or another person or the person's property. When a minor is removed from the physical custody of his or her parents in dependency or wardship proceedings, existing law generally requires that reunification services be provided to a minor and his or her family. Existing law also provides for periodic status review hearings, at which the court must return a minor to the physical custody of his or her parents unless the court makes specified findings.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2292&version=20110AB229299INT)
2. **04/10/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2292&version=20110AB229298AMD)
3. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2292&version=20110AB229297AMD)
4. **08/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2292&version=20110AB229295CHP)
5. **AB2292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2292)
6. **08/14/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2292&version=20110AB229296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2292 NIELSEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2292 NIELSEN Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2292 Nielsen By La Malfa — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nielsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-15** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-23** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-04-23** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4599.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-06-21** From consent calendar.
- **2012-06-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4433.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5893.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2012-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/373a3dd5-d2e5-4f94-9d0e-459b3c1317d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).