---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dependent children: siblings."
description: "Dependent children: siblings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1987"
citation: "California AB 1987 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dependent children: siblings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-02-18"
last_action: "2000-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c040884b-0dcc-450e-8a05-ea1e8e4a45af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1987"
source_hash: "36c7375b7a2ba4350836d8c620b107fc2b90694c2a15d4238540b02edbcbf3a9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1987 (19992000) — Dependent children: siblings.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1987&version=19990AB198799INT)
2. **04/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1987&version=19990AB198798AMD)
3. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1987&version=19990AB198797AMD)
4. **05/16/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1987&version=19990AB198796AMD)
5. **06/27/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1987&version=19990AB198795AMD)
6. **08/24/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1987&version=19990AB198794AMD)
7. **09/29/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1987&version=19990AB198792CHP)
8. **AB1987** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1987)
9. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1987&version=19990AB198793ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1987 STEINBERG THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1987 Steinberg By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Health and Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1987 STEINBERG SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Bock — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Polanco — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 909, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 9027.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6348.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-24** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-07-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-27** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6455.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2000-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c040884b-0dcc-450e-8a05-ea1e8e4a45af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).