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CA AB 562

enacted

Foster care: placement: family finding.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 562 pass?

Yes. CA AB 562 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-07. Latest recorded action (2025-10-07): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 562 about?

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. This bill, the Justice through Placing Foster Children with Families Act, would require, beginning January 1, 2027, each county to review publicly available data comparing the statewide national average rate of placing children with relatives in the prior year for comparison with the county's placement rate during the same period, and, in the case of Indian children, the statewide average rate according to the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 placement preferences, as specified. The bill would require that, if the county's placement rate is less than the statewide average, the county welfare director, or their designee, to consult with the Center for Excellence in Family Finding, Engagement, and Support to identify best practices that may be adopted by the county to improve its placement rate, as specified. By increasing the duties of county welfare departments, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would make related findings and declarations. 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA AB 562?

Solache is the primary sponsor of CA AB 562, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

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. This bill, the Justice through Placing Foster Children with Families Act, would require, beginning January 1, 2027, each county to review publicly available data comparing the statewide national average rate of placing children with relatives in the prior year for comparison with the county's placement rate during the same period, and, in the case of Indian children, the statewide average rate according to the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 placement preferences, as specified. The bill would require that, if the county's placement rate is less than the statewide average, the county welfare director, or their designee, to consult with the Center for Excellence in Family Finding, Engagement, and Support to identify best practices that may be adopted by the county to improve its placement rate, as specified. By increasing the duties of county welfare departments, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would make related findings and declarations. 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
2025-08-29
Latest action
2025-10-07 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Solacheauthor
  • Bryanauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-13

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

    referral-committee

  4. 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.

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  5. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9).

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  6. 2025-04-10

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. 2025-05-12

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1508.)

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  8. 2025-05-13

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

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  9. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

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  10. 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.

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  11. 2025-06-30

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  12. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  13. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  14. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-09-09

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  16. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2930.).

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  17. 2025-09-12

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  18. 2025-09-12

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3378.).

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  19. 2025-09-24

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

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  20. 2025-10-07

    Approved by the Governor.

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  21. 2025-10-07

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/12/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-12Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/07/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-07Compare
  • AB562Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-03-25 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Essayli: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Lee: yes

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-09 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: other

  • AB 562 Solache Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-12 · pass · 78-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Ellis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Stefani: other

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

    2025-06-16 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-06-30 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • Special Consent AB562 Solache et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas

    2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes

  • AB 562 Solache Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-12 · pass · 80-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes

Related bills

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