CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 746Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 16, 2021 An act relating to adoption. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 746, as introduced, Cervantes. Adoption: same-sex couples.Existing law provides that a birth parent may relinquish a child to the State Department of Social Services, a county adoption agency, or a licensed adoption agency for adoption and establishes procedures for the adoption of that child.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to make policies relating to child adoption by same-sex couples more accessible, affordable, and equitable.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to make policies relating to child adoption by same-sex couples more accessible, affordable, and equitable. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 746Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 16, 2021 An act relating to adoption. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 746, as introduced, Cervantes. Adoption: same-sex couples.Existing law provides that a birth parent may relinquish a child to the State Department of Social Services, a county adoption agency, or a licensed adoption agency for adoption and establishes procedures for the adoption of that child.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to make policies relating to child adoption by same-sex couples more accessible, affordable, and equitable.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 746 Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 16, 2021 Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes February 16, 2021 An act relating to adoption. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 746, as introduced, Cervantes. Adoption: same-sex couples. Existing law provides that a birth parent may relinquish a child to the State Department of Social Services, a county adoption agency, or a licensed adoption agency for adoption and establishes procedures for the adoption of that child.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to make policies relating to child adoption by same-sex couples more accessible, affordable, and equitable. Existing law provides that a birth parent may relinquish a child to the State Department of Social Services, a county adoption agency, or a licensed adoption agency for adoption and establishes procedures for the adoption of that child. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to make policies relating to child adoption by same-sex couples more accessible, affordable, and equitable. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to make policies relating to child adoption by same-sex couples more accessible, affordable, and equitable. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to make policies relating to child adoption by same-sex couples more accessible, affordable, and equitable. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to make policies relating to child adoption by same-sex couples more accessible, affordable, and equitable. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to make policies relating to child adoption by same-sex couples more accessible, affordable, and equitable. ### SECTION 1.