republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1761.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dependent children: placement."
description: "Existing law authorizes a peace officer to take a child into temporary custody under certain circumstances, including if he or she has reasonable cause for believing that the child is the victim of abuse or neglect. Under existing law, if the child is not released to his or her parent or guardian, the juvenile court is required to hold certain hearings to determine whether the child should be adjudged a dependent of the juvenile court, including a detention hearing, jurisdictional hearing, and disposition hearing. Under existing law, if an able and willing relative or nonrelative extended family member, as defined, is available and requests temporary placement of the child pending the detention hearing, the county welfare department is required to initiate an assessment of the relative's or nonrelative extended family member's suitability, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1761"
citation: "California AB 1761 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dependent children: placement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/557dd3e6-60e2-4a92-b814-73293c202eb7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1761"
source_hash: "be54a32ed190056fed6224e1e01bdc78491293a3e32a6a1e6a3b37910f7538bb"
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 1761 (20132014) — Dependent children: placement.

Existing law authorizes a peace officer to take a child into temporary custody under certain circumstances, including if he or she has reasonable cause for believing that the child is the victim of abuse or neglect. Under existing law, if the child is not released to his or her parent or guardian, the juvenile court is required to hold certain hearings to determine whether the child should be adjudged a dependent of the juvenile court, including a detention hearing, jurisdictional hearing, and disposition hearing. Under existing law, if an able and willing relative or nonrelative extended family member, as defined, is available and requests temporary placement of the child pending the detention hearing, the county welfare department is required to initiate an assessment of the relative's or nonrelative extended family member's suitability, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1761&version=20130AB176199INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1761&version=20130AB176198AMD)
3. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1761&version=20130AB176196CHP)
4. **AB1761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1761)
5. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1761&version=20130AB176197ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1761 HALL Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1761 Hall By Beall — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5111.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4657.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 765, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/557dd3e6-60e2-4a92-b814-73293c202eb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).