CA SB450 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Senate Bill 450

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: Passed on October 13 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 757, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Sections 8807 and 9210 of, and to add Section 8626 to, the Family Code, relating to adoption.

Title

Adoption.

Roll Calls

2025-09-11 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB450 Menjivar et al. Concurrence (Y: 30 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-09-10 - Assembly - SB 450 Menjivar Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan (Y: 61 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2025-07-02 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 10 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-06-17 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 9 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-29 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB450 Menjivar (Y: 28 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-05-23 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 5 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-21 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-01 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-10-13		Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 757, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13		Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-22		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-11	Senate	Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2893.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-10	Senate	In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-10	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 10. Page 3165.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-08-28	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-28	Assembly	Read third time and amended.
2025-07-03	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-07-02	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (July 2).
2025-06-17	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-17	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2025-06-12	Assembly	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-05	Assembly	Referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-05-29	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-29	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 1340.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-23	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1200.) (May 23).
2025-05-16	Senate	Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-21	Senate	April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-04	Senate	Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-02	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 610.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-13	Senate	Set for hearing April 1.
2025-02-26	Senate	Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.
2025-02-19	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2025-02-18	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Family Code	8626	New Code	See Bill Text
Family Code	8807	Amended Code	Citation Text
Family Code	9210	Amended Code	Citation Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB450
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB450#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB450#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB450#97AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB450#96ENR
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB450#95CHP
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB450