CaliforniaDepartment of Justice: child abuse reporting.
What it does
Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain an index of all reports of child abuse and severe neglect submitted by an agency mandated to make those reports. Existing law requires the department to make relevant information contained in the index available to specified law enforcement agencies, county welfare departments, and other agencies that are conducting a child abuse investigation.
More detail
Existing law authorizes a designated Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program to submit fingerprint images and related information of employment and volunteer candidates to the department for the purpose of obtaining information as to the existence and nature of a record of a child abuse investigation contained in the Child Abuse Central Index, state- or federal-level convictions, or state- or federal-level arrests for which the department establishes that the applicant was released on bail or on their own recognizance pending trial. Existing law requires the department to charge a fee sufficient to cover the cost of processing the requests for federal-level criminal offender record information and prohibits the department from charging a fee for state-level criminal offender record information.
This bill would instead require a CASA program to submit fingerprint images and related information of employment and volunteer candidates to the department for the purpose of conducting a state and federal criminal history background check. The bill would require the department to monitor the Child Abuse Central Index and notify the CASA program if a record of a child abuse investigation involving a CASA employee or volunteer is added to that index. The bill would impose notification and review requirements on a CASA program to request that the department remove the notification for an individual who is no longer employed by or volunteering with the CASA program, as specified. The bill would require the department to terminate notification for an individual upon receipt of that request. The bill would authorize the department to increase its fee for a CASA employment and volunteer candidate to cover the cost of processing those subsequent notifications.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 11Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 619, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 11Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 24Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 13Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3454.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 741 Ransom Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 13Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
- Sep 12In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Sep 11Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2884.).Major
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB741 Ransom By Ashby. Result: pass.Upper
- Jul 15Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 14Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Jul 14Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 14Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly.Major
- Jun 30In Senate. Held at Desk.
- Jun 30Ordered to the Senate.
- Jun 27In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 27Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1809.).Passed Senate
- Jun 24Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jun 23From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jun 11Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 10From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- May 7Referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- Apr 24In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 741 Ransom Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 24Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1279.)Passed Assembly
- Apr 10Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Apr 9From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 26From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Mar 25
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 3Referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- Feb 19From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- Feb 18Read first time. To print.Introduced