The following table sets out the dates and references for each stage of this Measure’s passage through the Assembly.
| Introduced | 2 March 2009 |
| Stage 1 – Scrutiny Committee Consideration of proposed measure | 11 March 2009 |
| Stage 1 – Scrutiny Committee Consideration of evidence | 25 March 2009 |
| Stage 1 – Scrutiny Committee Consideration of evidence | 11 April 2009 |
| Stage 1 – Scrutiny Committee Consideration of evidence | 30 April 2009 |
| Stage 1 – Scrutiny Committee Consideration of evidence | 7 May 2009 |
| Stage 1 – Scrutiny Committee Consideration of evidence | 11 May 2009 |
| Stage 1 – Scrutiny Committee Consideration of evidence | 14 May 2009 |
| Stage 1 – Scrutiny Committee Consideration of evidence | 21 May 2009 |
| Stage 1 – Scrutiny Committee Consideration of evidence | 4 June 2009 |
| Stage 1 – Scrutiny Committee Consideration of outstanding issues and report | 11 June 2009 |
| Stage 1 – Debate in plenary on general principles | 30 June 2009 |
| Stage 2 – Scrutiny Committee consideration of amendments | 1 October 2009 |
| Stage 3 – Plenary consideration of amendments | 10 November 2009 |
| Stage 4 – Debate to pass the Children and Families (Wales0 Measure in Plenary | 10 November 2009 |
| Date of Royal Approval | 10 February 2010 |