---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care."
description: "Foster care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 333"
citation: "California AB 333 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95ba88f7-0a45-47f7-8355-4f29b90155da"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB333"
source_hash: "ebb5f73768d2af6fc04694debd0e1cadb34698ffd86bf34d3ce5f223cb4d4c2c"
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 333 (20012002) — Foster care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB333&version=20010AB33399INT)
2. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB333&version=20010AB33398AMD)
3. **09/06/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB333&version=20010AB33397AMD)
4. **10/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB333&version=20010AB33395CHP)
5. **AB333** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB333)
6. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB333&version=20010AB33396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 333 Wright Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB333 Wright — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB333 Wright — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 333 Wright Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 675, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3942.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2760.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-06** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-21** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2001-06-21** Withdrawn from enrollment. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-06-18** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-06-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1600.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-12** From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-15** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1408.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2001-02-16** 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/95ba88f7-0a45-47f7-8355-4f29b90155da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).