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Authors Solache   Bryan  
Subject Foster care: placement: family finding.
Relating To relating to foster care.
Title An act to amend Section 309 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to foster care.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-07
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
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Bill Actions
2025-10-07     Approved by the Governor.
2025-10-07     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-24     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-12     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-12     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3378.).
2025-09-11     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2930.).
2025-09-09     Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-02     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-06-30     In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-17     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-21     Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2025-05-13     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-12     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1508.)
2025-04-10     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-09     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9).
2025-03-26     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-03     Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-02-13     From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2025-02-12     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-07
Enrolled     2025-09-16
Amended Senate     2025-08-29
Introduced     2025-02-12
Analyses TBD
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Existing law requires a county social worker to investigate the circumstances of each child taken into temporary custody by a peace officer under specified circumstances. Existing law requires the social worker to conduct an investigation, within 30 days of the child’s removal, to identify and locate adult relatives of the child, as specified, and to provide them with a notification that the child has been removed from the custody of the child’s parents, guardians, or Indian custodian, and an explanation of the various options to participate in the care and placement of the child.