republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1929.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse and neglect reporting."
description: "The existing Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act requires a mandated reporter, as defined, to make a report to a specified agency whenever the mandated reporter, in the mandated reporter's professional capacity or within the scope of that reporter's employment, has knowledge of or observes a child whom the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. Existing law further requires the mandated reporter to make an initial report by telephone to the agency immediately or as soon as is practicably possible, and to prepare and send, fax, or electronically transmit a written followup report within 36 hours of receiving the information concerning the incident."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1929"
citation: "California AB 1929 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abuse and neglect reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanca Rubio"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/839e11db-751a-4095-9fa1-9ead747f4289"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1929"
source_hash: "e61946378e6e15970acdddf5d14d39ddcde9bf08b2eced291c7e7d95819e7885"
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 1929 (20192020) — Child abuse and neglect reporting.

The existing Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act requires a mandated reporter, as defined, to make a report to a specified agency whenever the mandated reporter, in the mandated reporter's professional capacity or within the scope of that reporter's employment, has knowledge of or observes a child whom the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. Existing law further requires the mandated reporter to make an initial report by telephone to the agency immediately or as soon as is practicably possible, and to prepare and send, fax, or electronically transmit a written followup report within 36 hours of receiving the information concerning the incident.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1929&version=20190AB192999INT)
2. **03/11/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1929&version=20190AB192998AMD)
3. **07/21/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1929&version=20190AB192997AMD)
4. **08/11/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1929&version=20190AB192996AMD)
5. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1929&version=20190AB192994CHP)
6. **AB1929** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1929)
7. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1929&version=20190AB192995ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar AB1929 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1929 Blanca Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1929 Blanca Rubio Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanca Rubio — primary (person)
- Hurtado — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2020-01-30** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-03-11** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4724.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4378.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5322.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 242, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/839e11db-751a-4095-9fa1-9ead747f4289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).