Bill Text: CA AB859 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Juveniles: dependency: judicial caseloads.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2020-01-21 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB859 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB859-Enrolled.html
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Enrolled
September 16, 2019 |
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Passed
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Senate
September 10, 2019 |
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Passed
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Assembly
September 11, 2019 |
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Amended
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September 06, 2019 |
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Amended
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August 30, 2019 |
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Amended
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Senate
July 10, 2019 |
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Amended
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Senate
June 19, 2019 |
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Amended
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Senate
June 18, 2019 |
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Amended
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May 16, 2019 |
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March 19, 2019 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 859
| Introduced by Assembly Member Maienschein |
February 20, 2019 |
An act to add Section 246.5 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to juveniles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 859, Maienschein.
Juveniles: dependency: judicial caseloads.
Existing law requires the juvenile court to appoint counsel for a child or nonminor dependent in dependency proceedings if the child or nonminor dependent is not represented by counsel, unless the court determines that there would be no benefit from the appointment of counsel. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to promulgate rules of court that, among other things, establish caseload standards for appointed counsel.
This bill would require, by January 1, 2021, the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Judicial Council, to convene a stakeholder group to make recommendations by January 1, 2022, related to juvenile dependency
proceedings.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:(a) When a child is found to be within the dependency jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the state undertakes a responsibility like no other in government: the responsibility to make all significant parental decisions for a child.
(b) While foster parents and other placements provide daily care for dependent children, every major decision in the lives of these children is made by a judge in a courtroom; whether these children will ever see their siblings again,
whether they may be forced to ingest psychotropic medications, where they will live, with whom they will live, and matters regarding their education.
