María Elena Durazo
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 26
Author
Existing law governs the determination of child custody and visitation in contested proceedings. Existing law requires the court, for purposes of deciding custody, to determine the best interests of the child based on certain factors, including the nature and amount of contact with both parents, and consistent with specified findings, including that the court's primary concern must be to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the child. Existing law further provides that custody should be granted in a specified order of preference, according to the best interests of the child. Existing law prohibits the court, in granting custody to either parent, from preferring a parent as custodian because of the parent's sex. This bill would prohibit the court from considering the sex, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation of a parent, legal guardian, or relative in determining the best interests of a child for the purpose of granting custody, and would make related findings.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 551, Statutes of 2019.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2436.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 2845.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 592.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 553.) (April 2).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 2.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB495 | HTML |
| 02/21/19 - Introduced | |
| 03/25/19 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/19/19 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/04/19 - Enrolled | |
| 10/07/19 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
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| No related documents. |
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