republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1425.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles: dependent children."
description: "Existing law provides that after a child is declared a dependent child of the court, any parent or other person having an interest in the child, including the dependent child, may petition the court to change, modify, or set aside an order in the dependency proceedings or to terminate the court's jurisdiction. Existing law further permits any party, including the dependent child, to petition the court to terminate reunification services before the dependency review hearing. A court may terminate reunification services under this provision only after finding by a preponderance of the evidence that reasonable services have been offered and after finding by clear and convincing evidence either that a change in circumstances justifies termination of reunification services or that the parent's action or inaction makes reunification unlikely."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1425"
citation: "California SB 1425 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles: dependent children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04888a2b-0f69-4936-b867-7b737d161d61"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1425"
source_hash: "98d32585280560230397ec9d3ef5ea5a1aa9e325e40c751c1ed48bc56a77c37e"
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 SB 1425 (20112012) — Juveniles: dependent children.

Existing law provides that after a child is declared a dependent child of the court, any parent or other person having an interest in the child, including the dependent child, may petition the court to change, modify, or set aside an order in the dependency proceedings or to terminate the court's jurisdiction. Existing law further permits any party, including the dependent child, to petition the court to terminate reunification services before the dependency review hearing. A court may terminate reunification services under this provision only after finding by a preponderance of the evidence that reasonable services have been offered and after finding by clear and convincing evidence either that a change in circumstances justifies termination of reunification services or that the parent's action or inaction makes reunification unlikely.

## 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=201120120SB1425&version=20110SB142599INT)
2. **04/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1425&version=20110SB142598AMD)
3. **05/30/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1425&version=20110SB142597AMD)
4. **06/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1425&version=20110SB142596AMD)
5. **08/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1425&version=20110SB142594CHP)
6. **SB1425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1425)
7. **08/09/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1425&version=20110SB142595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1425 Negrete McLeod Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #14 SB1425 Negrete McLeod — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2012-04-24** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-08** Set for hearing June 19.
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4012.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4222.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-07-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5848.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2012-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 179, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04888a2b-0f69-4936-b867-7b737d161d61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).