AB 1689 California 20252026 session
Juvenile courts: temporary probate guardianship.
Existing law establishes the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge children to be dependents of the court under certain circumstances, including when the child suffered or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer serious physical harm, or a parent fails to provide the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. Existing law subjects a minor between 12 and 17 years of age, inclusive, who violates any federal, state, or local law or ordinance to, and a minor under 12 years of age who is alleged to have committed specified serious offenses to, the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge the minor to be a ward of the court. Existing law requires, unless waived for good cause, a court investigator, probation officer, or domestic relations investigator to make an investigation and file with the probate court a report and recommendation concerning each proposed guardianship of the person or guardianship of the estate. Existing law authorizes, in specified circumstances, the court to refer the matter, in writing, to the local child welfare agency to initiate an investigation and requires the referral to include a summary of the reasons for the referral and authorizes the inclusion of a copy of the petition, the investigator's report, and any other material information. If the juvenile court commences dependency proceedings, the guardianship proceedings are stayed, and if the juvenile court does not commence dependency proceedings, the probate court retains jurisdiction to hear and determine the guardianship petition. Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to terminate or modify a guardianship of the person of a minor previously established under the Probate Code, or appoint a coguardian or successor guardian of the person of the minor, if the minor is the subject of a petition filed under the above-described provisions authorizing a juvenile court to adjudge children as dependents or wards, and subjects those proceedings to specified notice requirements. This bill would authorize the juvenile court to terminate or modify temporary probate guardianships at any hearing without further notice, if specified requirements are met, including, but not limited to, when in the best interests of the minor.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Failed — last recorded action August 27, 2026
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
Recorded votes
AB 1689 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments
78 yes · 0 no · pass August 27, 2026
3rd Reading AB1689 Quirk-Silva By Cortese
40 yes · 0 no · pass August 26, 2026
Consent Calendar 2nd AB1689 Quirk-Silva
39 yes · 0 no · pass August 10, 2026
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
6 yes · 0 no · pass June 30, 2026
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
5 yes · 0 no · pass June 29, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
AB 1689 Quirk-Silva Consent Calendar Second Day
74 yes · 0 no · pass April 23, 2026
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
- In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
- Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
- Ordered to third reading.
- Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly.
- In Senate. Held at Desk.
- Ordered to the Senate.
- In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
- Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
- From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30).
- From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
- Re-referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and PUB. S.
- Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
- Withdrawn from committee.
- From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
- Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUMAN S.
- In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4794.)
- Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
- From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14).
- From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
- Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
- From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
- In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HUM. S.
- From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- Read first time. To print.