---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child welfare services."
description: "Child welfare services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 636"
citation: "California AB 636 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Child welfare services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d70d052-dacb-42ea-b608-a93ef01ae854"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB636"
source_hash: "d7e5bc4618268ad5ec9935daefef9b68e2ad8f7c4d43498700fd6fddef0921ec"
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 636 (20012002) — Child welfare services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB636&version=20010AB63699INT)
2. **03/28/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB636&version=20010AB63698AMD)
3. **04/19/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB636&version=20010AB63697AMD)
4. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB636&version=20010AB63696AMD)
5. **08/31/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB636&version=20010AB63695AMD)
6. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB636&version=20010AB63694AMD)
7. **10/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB636&version=20010AB63692CHP)
8. **AB636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB636)
9. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB636&version=20010AB63693ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB636 Steinberg By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 636 Steinberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 636 Steinberg Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 678, 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.
- **2001-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 16. Page 3827.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2804.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 11. Page 1730.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-17** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2001-02-22** 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/0d70d052-dacb-42ea-b608-a93ef01ae854`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).