CA AB601 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Assembly Bill 601

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Engrossed on June 2 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-08-29 - In committee: Held under submission.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Sections 16504, 16587, and 16589 of, and to add Sections 16544.5 and 18950.1 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to child abuse.

Title

Child abuse: reporting.

Roll Calls

2025-08-18 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-07-15 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-07-07 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-02 - Assembly - AB 601 Jackson Assembly Third Reading (Y: 79 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-23 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-08 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-08-29	Senate	In committee: Held under submission.
2025-08-18	Senate	In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-15	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-08	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-06-23	Senate	In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-11	Senate	Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and PUB. S.
2025-06-03	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1839.)
2025-05-27	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-21	Assembly	Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
2025-05-21	Assembly	In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-14	Assembly	In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-29	Assembly	In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-21	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
2025-04-21	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-04-10	Assembly	Read second time and amended.
2025-04-09	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8).
2025-03-26	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-03-25	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-25	Assembly	In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-03-03	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and PUB. S.
2025-02-14	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2025-02-13	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Welfare and Institutions Code	16504	Amended Code	Citation Text
Welfare and Institutions Code	16544.5	New Code	See Bill Text
Welfare and Institutions Code	16587	Amended Code	Citation Text
Welfare and Institutions Code	16589	Amended Code	Citation Text
Welfare and Institutions Code	18950.1	New Code	See Bill Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB601
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB601#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB601#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB601#97AMD
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB601