republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-954.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dependency: court-ordered services."
description: "Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law authorizes a court to make reasonable orders for the care, supervision, and support of a dependent child, as specified. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian, and requires the court to order the social worker to provide designated child welfare services, including family reunification services, as prescribed. Existing law also requires family maintenance services to be provided or arranged for by county welfare department staff in order to maintain a child in their own home, and requires the services to be available without regard to income to specified families, including families in which the child is in the care of a previously noncustodial parent under the supervision of the juvenile court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 954"
citation: "California AB 954 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dependency", "court-ordered services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/619e2439-539d-4ce9-acc1-c19188bf78b5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB954"
source_hash: "5f9defbb1625131057095395bfe930d8eb13ad2c5f736d9b199883a007c51841"
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 954 (20232024) — Dependency: court-ordered services.

Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law authorizes a court to make reasonable orders for the care, supervision, and support of a dependent child, as specified. Existing law establishes the grounds for removal of a dependent child from the custody of the child's parents or guardian, and requires the court to order the social worker to provide designated child welfare services, including family reunification services, as prescribed. Existing law also requires family maintenance services to be provided or arranged for by county welfare department staff in order to maintain a child in their own home, and requires the services to be available without regard to income to specified families, including families in which the child is in the care of a previously noncustodial parent under the supervision of the juvenile court.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB954&version=20230AB95499INT)
2. **03/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB954&version=20230AB95498AMD)
3. **06/12/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB954&version=20230AB95497AMD)
4. **06/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB954&version=20230AB95496AMD)
5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB954&version=20230AB95494CHP)
6. **AB954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB954)
7. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB954&version=20230AB95495ENR)

## Votes

- AB 954 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — **63–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 954 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB954 Bryan By Menjivar — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Human Services] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 2. Page 1298.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-06-12** 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`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2356.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 3077.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/619e2439-539d-4ce9-acc1-c19188bf78b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).