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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dependent children: birth certificates."
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description: "Existing law provides for the removal of a child from the custody of a parent or guardian on the basis of abuse or neglect, as specified. Existing law requires the juvenile court to order the social worker to provide family reunification services, unless specified conditions exist. Existing law requires the court to order that reunification services be terminated if it decides to permanently terminate parental rights with regard to, or establish legal guardianship of, the child."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "AB 791"
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citation: "California AB 791 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Dependent children: birth certificates."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ammiano"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2011-02-17"
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last_action: "2011-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70743263-abd4-42b0-8fbe-f402f4159d52"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB791"
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source_hash: "db50cdb89cfdd5885a66ddbcc9e91a2032cfc77514a7772842b6ac87b883525d"
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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 791 (20112012) — Dependent children: birth certificates.
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Existing law provides for the removal of a child from the custody of a parent or guardian on the basis of abuse or neglect, as specified. Existing law requires the juvenile court to order the social worker to provide family reunification services, unless specified conditions exist. Existing law requires the court to order that reunification services be terminated if it decides to permanently terminate parental rights with regard to, or establish legal guardianship 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. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB791&version=20110AB79199INT)
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2. **03/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB791&version=20110AB79198AMD)
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3. **07/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB791&version=20110AB79196CHP)
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4. **AB791** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB791)
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5. **06/15/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB791&version=20110AB79197ENR)
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## Votes
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 791 AMMIANO Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ammiano — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-03-30** 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`
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- **2011-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1124.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-06-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1377.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-06-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2011-06-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:40 a.m.
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- **2011-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2011-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 59, Statutes of 2011.
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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/70743263-abd4-42b0-8fbe-f402f4159d52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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