California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 670 — Child abuse or neglect: minor and nonminor dependent parents.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 585, Statutes of 2021.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2021. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 11 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, establishes procedures for the reporting and investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect. The act requires certain professionals, including specified health practitioners and social workers, known as "mandated reporters," to report known or suspected child abuse or neglect to a local law enforcement agency or a county welfare or probation department, as specified. Existing law requires, in certain circumstances, a copy of a report made pursuant to these provisions to be sent to the attorney who represents the child who is the subject of the report in dependency court. This bill would require, when one of those agencies receives a report alleging abuse or neglect of the child of a minor dependent parent or a nonminor dependent parent, the agency to notify the attorney who represents the minor parent or nonminor dependent in dependency court within 36 hours of receiving the report. By expanding the duties of local agencies that receive reports alleging abuse or neglect of children, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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 court ordered termination of reunification services, under specified circumstances, for any siblings or half siblings of the child or the parental rights of the parent over any sibling or half sibling of the child had been permanently severed. Under existing law, those grounds for denying reunification services do not apply if the parent is a minor dependent or adjudged a ward of the juvenile court, as specified. This bill would specify that those grounds for denying reunification services also do not apply if the parent is a nonminor dependent parent or if the only times the court ordered termination of reunification services for any siblings or half siblings of the child, or permanently severed parental rights over any siblings or half siblings of the child, were when the parent was a minor parent, a nonminor dependent parent, or adjudged a ward of the juvenile court. By increasing the number of families required to be provided reunification services, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law, in the case of a child for whom one or both minor parents have been adjudged to be a dependent child or a ward of the juvenile court, requires a party seeking an involuntary foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights over, a child born to a parent or parents who were minors at the time of the child's birth to demonstrate to the court that reasonable efforts were made to provide remedial services designed to prevent the removal of the child from the minor parent or parents, and that these efforts have proved unsuccessful. This bill would make that provision also applicable to nonminor dependent parents. The bill would also require a social worker or probation officer to use a strengths-based approach to supporting a minor or nonminor dependent parent in providing a safe and permanent home for their child and would prohibit an investigation from being conducted for the child of a minor parent or nonminor dependent parent unless a report has been made pursuant to the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 361.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by AB 788 to be operative only if this bill and AB 788 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 585, Statutes of 2021.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3164.).

  5. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3163.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2632.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  10. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly.

  12. Joint Rule 61 suspended.

  13. Pursuant to JR 33.1

  14. In Senate. Held at Desk.

  15. Ordered to the Senate.

  16. Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.

  17. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2391.).

  19. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  20. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  21. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26).

  22. In committee: Referred to suspense file.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  25. Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  26. Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S., JUD. and PUB. S.

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

  28. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1638.)

  29. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  30. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20).

  31. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  32. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  33. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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

  35. 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.

  36. Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  37. From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  38. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

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Votes

AB 670 CALDERON Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 71 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 24003
Unaffiliated 39005
Republican 8001
Total 71009
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Frazier — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
Medina — Yea
Smith — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Levine — Not Voting
Cunningham — Not Voting
McCarty — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Not Voting
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Bryan, Isaac G. 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
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Not Voting
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Not Voting
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB670 Calderon By Umberg

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21002
Democratic 12001
Republican 4000
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Borgeas — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Min — Yea
Pan — Yea
Newman — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Bates — Yea
Roth — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Gonzalez — Not Voting
Eggman — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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Special Consent AB670

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 23000
Republican 3001
Democratic 11002
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Wilk — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Min — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Pan — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Roth — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Newman — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Bates — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 4000
Republican 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Kamlager — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Republican 1000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Democratic 6000
Unaffiliated 4000
Total 11000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Wieckowski — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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AB 670 Calderon Assembly Third Reading

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 27000
Unaffiliated 39002
Republican 10000
Total 76002
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Low — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Levine — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Maienschein — Not Voting
Smith — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8000
Democratic 6000
Republican 2000
Total 16000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Levine — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 7001
Republican 1000
Total 10001
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Maienschein — Yea
Smith — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chau — Yea
Kiley — Not Voting
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Democratic 4000
Unaffiliated 2000
Total 8000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (8)
Member Party Vote
Villapudua — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 670 do?
(1) Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, establishes procedures for the reporting and investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect. The act requires certain professionals, including specified health practitioners and social workers, known as "mandated reporters," to report known or suspected child abuse or neglect to a local law enforcement agency or a county welfare or probation department, as specified. Existing law requires, in certain circumstances, a copy of a report made pursuant to these provisions to be sent to the attorney who represents the child who is the subject of the report in dependency court. This bill would require, when one of those agencies receives a report alleging abuse or neglect of the child of a minor dependent parent or a nonminor dependent parent, the agency to notify the attorney who represents the minor parent or nonminor dependent in dependency court within 36 hours of receiving the report. By expanding the duties of local agencies that receive reports alleging abuse or neglect of children, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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 court ordered termination of reunification services, under specified circumstances, for any siblings or half siblings of the child or the parental rights of the parent over any sibling or half sibling of the child had been permanently severed. Under existing law, those grounds for denying reunification services do not apply if the parent is a minor dependent or adjudged a ward of the juvenile court, as specified. This bill would specify that those grounds for denying reunification services also do not apply if the parent is a nonminor dependent parent or if the only times the court ordered termination of reunification services for any siblings or half siblings of the child, or permanently severed parental rights over any siblings or half siblings of the child, were when the parent was a minor parent, a nonminor dependent parent, or adjudged a ward of the juvenile court. By increasing the number of families required to be provided reunification services, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law, in the case of a child for whom one or both minor parents have been adjudged to be a dependent child or a ward of the juvenile court, requires a party seeking an involuntary foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights over, a child born to a parent or parents who were minors at the time of the child's birth to demonstrate to the court that reasonable efforts were made to provide remedial services designed to prevent the removal of the child from the minor parent or parents, and that these efforts have proved unsuccessful. This bill would make that provision also applicable to nonminor dependent parents. The bill would also require a social worker or probation officer to use a strengths-based approach to supporting a minor or nonminor dependent parent in providing a safe and permanent home for their child and would prohibit an investigation from being conducted for the child of a minor parent or nonminor dependent parent unless a report has been made pursuant to the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 361.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code proposed by AB 788 to be operative only if this bill and AB 788 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (5) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors AB 670?
AB 670 is sponsored by Calderon, Lisa (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 670?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2021. Enacted.
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