republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-788.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles: reunification."
description: "Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian and generally requires the court to order the social worker to provide designated child welfare services, including family reunification services, to the removed child and the child's mother and statutorily presumed father or guardians. Under existing law, reunification services do not need to be provided if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that, among other things, the parent or guardian of the child has a history of extensive, abusive, and chronic use of drugs or alcohol and has resisted prior court-ordered treatment, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 788"
citation: "California AB 788 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles: reunification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e68c483-cf77-44bd-bbfd-0a6d26e01852"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB788"
source_hash: "c9d0681a7016921a387a36da439a4e3f2d72d124661f2241e24c99a8c56651d9"
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 788 (20212022) — Juveniles: reunification.

Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian and generally requires the court to order the social worker to provide designated child welfare services, including family reunification services, to the removed child and the child's mother and statutorily presumed father or guardians. Under existing law, reunification services do not need to be provided if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that, among other things, the parent or guardian of the child has a history of extensive, abusive, and chronic use of drugs or alcohol and has resisted prior court-ordered treatment, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB788&version=20210AB78899INT)
2. **03/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB788&version=20210AB78898AMD)
3. **06/18/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB788&version=20210AB78897AMD)
4. **07/13/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB788&version=20210AB78896AMD)
5. **08/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB788&version=20210AB78895AMD)
6. **09/22/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB788&version=20210AB78893CHP)
7. **AB788** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB788)
8. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB788&version=20210AB78894ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent AB788 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 788 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 788 Calderon Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1071.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18** 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`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1717.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2245.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2631.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, 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/0e68c483-cf77-44bd-bbfd-0a6d26e01852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).