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type: "Bill"
title: "Guardianships."
description: "Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, under which a minor may be adjudged to be a dependent of the court if the minor has been abused or neglected, as specified. Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to order a legal guardianship, appoint a legal guardian, or issue letters of guardianship with respect to a minor adjudged to be a dependent. Existing law also authorizes a social worker to undertake a program of supervision of the minor in lieu of filing a dependency petition with the juvenile court, with the consent of the minor's parent or guardian. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to prepare a pamphlet in dependency cases that assists potential legal guardians with understanding their rights, duties, and obligations as a guardian of a minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 260"
citation: "California AB 260 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guardianships."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stone"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b0144c1-dab8-4989-8faa-692190025b11"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB260"
source_hash: "8d6750c04c155ac6fe396f5a018158691f1fd40e97bd711ec1b530736d0566e0"
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 260 (20212022) — Guardianships.
Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, under which a minor may be adjudged to be a dependent of the court if the minor has been abused or neglected, as specified. Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to order a legal guardianship, appoint a legal guardian, or issue letters of guardianship with respect to a minor adjudged to be a dependent. Existing law also authorizes a social worker to undertake a program of supervision of the minor in lieu of filing a dependency petition with the juvenile court, with the consent of the minor's parent or guardian. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to prepare a pamphlet in dependency cases that assists potential legal guardians with understanding their rights, duties, and obligations as a guardian of a minor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/15/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB260&version=20210AB26099INT)
2. **05/28/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB260&version=20210AB26098AMD)
3. **06/21/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB260&version=20210AB26097AMD)
4. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB260&version=20210AB26096AMD)
5. **08/31/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB260&version=20210AB26095AMD)
6. **10/06/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB260&version=20210AB26093CHP)
7. **AB260** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB260)
8. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB260&version=20210AB26094ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **80** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB260 Stone By Hurtado — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **110** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 260 Stone Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **100** (pass) · upper
- AB 260 Stone Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Stone — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1407.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-27** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2492.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2985.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 578, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b0144c1-dab8-4989-8faa-692190025b11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).