republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-230.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Youth athletic programs: background checks."
description: "Existing law authorizes specified entities to receive state summary criminal history information from the Department of Justice. Existing law also requires mandated reporters, as defined, to report child abuse and neglect to local law enforcement. Existing law authorizes a community youth athletic program, as defined, to request state and federal level criminal offender record information and subsequent arrest notification for a volunteer coach or hired coach candidate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 230"
citation: "California AB 230 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Youth athletic programs: background checks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-05"
last_action: "2014-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af932d1b-1592-4522-9a1a-62789258ae1b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB230"
source_hash: "352230b85578c75546ab7b2352223c17558a7ea7e64fd4ecbacced0ea7db1a12"
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 230 (20132014) — Youth athletic programs: background checks.

Existing law authorizes specified entities to receive state summary criminal history information from the Department of Justice. Existing law also requires mandated reporters, as defined, to report child abuse and neglect to local law enforcement. Existing law authorizes a community youth athletic program, as defined, to request state and federal level criminal offender record information and subsequent arrest notification for a volunteer coach or hired coach candidate.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB230&version=20130AB23099INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB230&version=20130AB23098AMD)
3. **01/08/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB230&version=20130AB23097AMD)
4. **07/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB230&version=20130AB23095CHP)
5. **AB230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB230)
6. **07/09/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB230&version=20130AB23096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #18 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 230 MAIENSCHEIN Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)
- Bonilla — coauthor (person)
- Hagman — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2014-01-06** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-07** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-09** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3621.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-27** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-05-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4257.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 151, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af932d1b-1592-4522-9a1a-62789258ae1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).