California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: To Executive 3 R cosponsors

AB 724 — Intercountry adoption finalized in a foreign country.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Existing law generally provides for the adoption of a child native to a foreign country by a prospective adoptive parent or parents who are California residents that is either finalized in another country or this state. A licensed adoption agency facilitating an intercountry adoption that will be finalized in a foreign country is required to provide specific services that include certification to the federal government whether this state's intercountry adoption requirements have been met. Existing law requires each resident of the state who adopts a child through an intercountry adoption that is finalized in a foreign country to readopt the child in this state if it is required by the United States Department of Homeland Security, and requires this readoption to include at least one postplacement in-home visit, a home study report, and final adoption order. Existing law also authorizes a resident of the state who adopts a child through an intercountry adoption that is finalized in a foreign country to readopt the child in this state. This bill would repeal these readoption provisions and would instead require an adoptive parent, or if an adoptive parent fails to do so, then the adoption agency that facilitated the adoption, to file a petition to readopt within specified deadlines to establish a record by which an adoptee can prove the facts of the foreign adoption. The bill would require the petition to include, among other things, a report from at least one postplacement home visit by an intercountry adoption agency or a contractor of that agency licensed to provide intercountry adoption services in the state. The bill would require the clerk of the court to submit an order granting the petition to the State Registrar, and would require the State Registrar to issue a delayed registration of birth, as specified. This bill would require a court that finds a child may be the subject of human trafficking or specified types of abuse to notify all appropriate authorities. This bill would, if a licensed adoption agency has a written agreement for which postadoption services have been paid, require the licensed adoption agency to provide those services, and would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the other services a licensed adoption agency facilitating an intercountry adoption is required to provide.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Vetoed by Governor.

  2. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  3. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).

  4. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 6083.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 5778.)

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  14. Ordered to second reading.

  15. From inactive file.

  16. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Anderson.

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  21. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  22. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  23. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  24. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  25. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1617.)

  26. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  27. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10).

  28. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  29. Read second time and amended.

  30. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25).

  31. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  32. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

  33. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  34. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  35. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  36. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

  37. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  38. From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.

  39. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

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Votes

AB 724 CHOI Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 57001
Democratic 16000
Republican 6000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Chau — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Harper — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Acosta — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB724 Choi et al. By Moorlach

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33002
Democratic 5000
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
De León — Yea
Chang — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Monning — Not Voting
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 724 CHOI Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 69 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49008
Democratic 13003
Republican 7000
Total 690011
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Medina — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Friedman — Not Voting
Gloria — Not Voting
Gray — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Not Voting
Rubio — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Not Voting
Chau — Not Voting
Baker — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Not Voting
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Not Voting
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 724 do?
Existing law generally provides for the adoption of a child native to a foreign country by a prospective adoptive parent or parents who are California residents that is either finalized in another country or this state. A licensed adoption agency facilitating an intercountry adoption that will be finalized in a foreign country is required to provide specific services that include certification to the federal government whether this state's intercountry adoption requirements have been met. Existing law requires each resident of the state who adopts a child through an intercountry adoption that is finalized in a foreign country to readopt the child in this state if it is required by the United States Department of Homeland Security, and requires this readoption to include at least one postplacement in-home visit, a home study report, and final adoption order. Existing law also authorizes a resident of the state who adopts a child through an intercountry adoption that is finalized in a foreign country to readopt the child in this state. This bill would repeal these readoption provisions and would instead require an adoptive parent, or if an adoptive parent fails to do so, then the adoption agency that facilitated the adoption, to file a petition to readopt within specified deadlines to establish a record by which an adoptee can prove the facts of the foreign adoption. The bill would require the petition to include, among other things, a report from at least one postplacement home visit by an intercountry adoption agency or a contractor of that agency licensed to provide intercountry adoption services in the state. The bill would require the clerk of the court to submit an order granting the petition to the State Registrar, and would require the State Registrar to issue a delayed registration of birth, as specified. This bill would require a court that finds a child may be the subject of human trafficking or specified types of abuse to notify all appropriate authorities. This bill would, if a licensed adoption agency has a written agreement for which postadoption services have been paid, require the licensed adoption agency to provide those services, and would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the other services a licensed adoption agency facilitating an intercountry adoption is required to provide.
Who sponsors AB 724?
AB 724 is sponsored by Acosta, Anderson, Choi, Steven S. (Republican), Gallagher, James (Republican), Voepel, and Patterson, Joe (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 724?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 724?
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