CaliforniaChildren's advocacy centers: recordings.
What it does
Existing law authorizes a county to use a children's advocacy center to implement a coordinated multidisciplinary response to investigate reports involving child physical or sexual abuse, exploitation, or maltreatment. Existing law requires a county that utilizes a child advocacy center to meet specified standards, including, among other things, that the children's advocacy center must verify that interviews conducted in the course of investigations are conducted in a forensically sound manner and occur in a child-focused setting designed to provide a safe, comfortable, and dedicated place for children and families. Existing law requires the children's advocacy center or other identified multidisciplinary team member custodian to ensure that all recordings of child forensic interviews be released only in response to a court order, or, upon request, to law enforcement agencies authorized to investigate child abuse or agencies authorized to prosecute juvenile or criminal conduct described in the forensic interview, or to county counsel evaluating an allegation of child abuse.
More detail
Existing law requires files, reports, records, communications, and working papers used or developed in providing services through a children's advocacy center to be confidential and not public records. Existing law authorizes the members of a multidisciplinary team associated with a children's advocacy center to share with other multidisciplinary team members any information or records concerning the child and family and the person who is the subject of the investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect for the sole purpose of facilitating a forensic interview, case discussion, or providing services to the child or family, as specified.
This bill would additionally authorize the members of a multidisciplinary team associated with a children's advocacy center to share with child welfare agencies authorized to investigate child abuse and neglect any information or records, as specified, for the purposes mentioned above.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 30Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 55, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Jun 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Jun 19Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Jun 16In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded SB 1143 Caballero Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 15Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5707.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Jun 10Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Jun 9From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- May 26Referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- May 19In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- May 18Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4304.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB1143 Caballero et al. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 15Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 14Ordered to second reading.Minor
- Apr 14Read third time and amended.Major
- Mar 25Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Mar 24From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3661.) (March 24).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 10Set for hearing March 24.
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- Feb 19From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- Feb 18Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced