---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care: recipients of aid: dependent children."
description: "Foster care: recipients of aid: dependent children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1694"
citation: "California AB 1694 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster care: recipients of aid: dependent children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Human Services"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-03-06"
last_action: "2002-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c162016a-f7a6-40be-9439-0ea5c603549e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1694"
source_hash: "de39263ff57e25f9ac5323f6170f5bfa23e3d47714800d76acf2a19f2978c959"
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 1694 (20012002) — Foster care: recipients of aid: dependent children.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/06/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1694&version=20010AB169499INT)
2. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1694&version=20010AB169498AMD)
3. **08/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1694&version=20010AB169497AMD)
4. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1694&version=20010AB169496AMD)
5. **09/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1694&version=20010AB169494CHP)
6. **AB1694** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1694)
7. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1694&version=20010AB169495ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1694 HUM. S. Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1694 Committee on Human Serv. (Aroner) By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1694 HUM. S. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By Aroner — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Human Services — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 918, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 8575.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5882.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-21** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-06** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 18. Page 1309.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-07** From printer. May be heard in committee April 6.
- **2001-03-06** 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/c162016a-f7a6-40be-9439-0ea5c603549e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).