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type: "Bill"
title: "Termination of the parent and child relationship: severe sexual abuse."
description: "Existing law specifies the circumstances under which a proceeding may be brought to have a child under 18 years of age declared free from the custody and control of either or both parents. These circumstances include, among others, the abandonment of the child by a parent and the neglectful or cruel treatment of the child by a parent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2792"
citation: "California AB 2792 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Termination of the parent and child relationship: severe sexual abuse."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a94192cc-c85e-4709-81d2-a223044d28bb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2792"
source_hash: "5c74c3eef770177a66d8288d5864862200f464e2da4106e019dcdbba50835015"
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 2792 (20172018) — Termination of the parent and child relationship: severe sexual abuse.
Existing law specifies the circumstances under which a proceeding may be brought to have a child under 18 years of age declared free from the custody and control of either or both parents. These circumstances include, among others, the abandonment of the child by a parent and the neglectful or cruel treatment of the child by a parent.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2792&version=20170AB279299INT)
2. **04/04/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2792&version=20170AB279298AMD)
3. **07/09/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2792&version=20170AB279296CHP)
4. **AB2792** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2792)
5. **06/27/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2792&version=20170AB279297ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **100** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2792 — **360** (pass) · upper
- AB 2792 CALDERON Consent Calendar Second Day — **720** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Calderon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5043.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4879.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 83, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a94192cc-c85e-4709-81d2-a223044d28bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).