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Authors Elhawary  
Principle Coauthors: Rivas  
Subject Foster care: placement transition planning.
Relating To relating to child welfare services.
Title An act to amend Sections 16001.9, 16010.7, and 16519.5 of, and to add Section 16010.11 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to child welfare services.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-10
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Bill Actions
2025-10-10     Approved by the Governor.
2025-10-10     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 564, 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 79. Noes 0. Page 3381.).
2025-09-11     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2931.).
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.
2025-05-28     Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2025-05-15     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1569.)
2025-05-15     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-08     Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-05-07     From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).
2025-04-30     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-18     Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-03-17     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-17     Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-02-20     From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-02-19     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-10
Enrolled     2025-09-16
Amended Senate     2025-08-29
Amended Assembly     2025-03-17
Introduced     2025-02-19
Analyses TBD
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Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings. Existing law requires, prior to making a change in the placement of a dependent child, a social worker or probation officer to develop and implement a placement preservation strategy to preserve the dependent child’s placement.