Bills by subject

Guardian and ward

50 bills and resolutions. 14 became law, 2 were vetoed, and 13 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 103 School board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 799 Parental access to health records of minors.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 890 Vaccination of minors without parental consent. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 9, 2026
SB 826 Vaccination of minors without parental consent. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 7, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 23

Mar 23, 2026
AB 49: A minor’s authority to consent to health care.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Dec 10, 2025
AB 74: Parental notification of alleged sexual misconduct by a school staff member. (FE)
Became law.
May 13, 2026
AB 103: School board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 112: Consent to mental health treatment by minors who are age 14 or older.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 328: Providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 20, 2026
AB 598: Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 613: Notifying parents if a pupil is removed from the classroom. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 806: Parental access to health records of minors.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 825: A grant program to support parent and guardian volunteer programs in schools, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

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Apr 9, 2026
AB 890: Vaccination of minors without parental consent. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1233: Notifying a child welfare agency and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the presence of a child in a runaway home.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 70: A minor’s authority to consent to health care.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 97: Parental notification of alleged sexual misconduct by a school staff member. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 107: Consent to mental health treatment by minors who are age 14 or older.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 120: School board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 313: Providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 578: Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 612: Notifying parents if a pupil is removed from the classroom. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 799: Parental access to health records of minors.
Vetoed by the governor.
Apr 7, 2026
SB 826: Vaccination of minors without parental consent. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 834: A grant program to support parent and guardian volunteer programs in schools, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 13

Nov 29, 2011
AB 30: Delegation by a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of powers regarding the care and custody of the child by a power of attorney.
Became law.
Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 62: Administration of medication to pupils.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 12, 2012
AB 397: Failing to report the death of a child or to report a missing child, moving the corpse of a child, hiding a corpse to collect public benefits, and providing penalties.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 599: Case planning for a child placed in out-of-home care, including concurrent permanency goals, trial reunifications, and planned permanent living arrangements for such a child.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 747: Eliminating certain requirements that must be met before a proceeding may be brought against a child under 12 years of age for habitual truancy and requiring the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under the Children's Code to order certain dispositions if the habitual truancy of a child under 12 years of age is the result of the neglect, refusal, or inability of the parent or guardian of the child to cause the child to attend school regularly.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 28, 2011
SB 45: Administration of medication to pupils.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 82: Delegation by a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of powers regarding the care and custody of the child by a power of attorney.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 299: Failing to report the death of a child or to report a missing child, moving the corpse of a child, hiding a corpse to collect public benefits, and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 502: Case planning for a child placed in out-of-home care, including concurrent permanency goals, trial reunifications, and planned permanent living arrangements for such a child.
Became law.

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Apr 24, 2012
SB 546: Distribution of a trust under a guardianship.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 16, 2012
SB 560: Guardianships of children.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 577: Protective placement.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 14

Apr 28, 2010
AB 70: Adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 222: The minimum age for hunting and for possessing a firearm, restrictions on hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Feb 26, 2010
AB 458: Providing instruction in human growth and development.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 616: School nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 17, 2010
AB 650: Person under age 18 playing bingo.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 22: Reckless homicide of a child by a parent or caregiver and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
May 10, 2010
SB 44: Adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Became law.
Aug 18, 2009
SB 167: The minimum age for hunting and for possessing a firearm, restrictions on hunting and on possessing a firearm while hunting, establishing a hunting mentorship program, and granting rule-making authority.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 207: Possession and use of a firearm by a person under the age of 12 years.
Stopped in committee.

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Apr 28, 2010
SB 324: Providing instruction in human growth and development.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 384: Defense to criminal prosecutions for parent or guardian for using spiritual treatment in lieu of medical treatment on a child and the election of Christian Science treatment for a child in lieu of medical or surgical treatment for the cure of disease.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 19, 2010
SB 414: School nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 706: Guardianships of children.
Stopped in committee.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject