---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care."
description: "Foster care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1151"
citation: "California AB 1151 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dymally"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0690499-4542-4e57-9ffc-e04e9cc18588"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1151"
source_hash: "ed2c90f46f76117bb3c347d1882cbaaf34a43ea477a36eb4e461ac461a7b70f7"
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 1151 (20032004) — Foster care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1151&version=20030AB115199INT)
2. **05/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1151&version=20030AB115198AMD)
3. **05/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1151&version=20030AB115197AMD)
4. **07/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1151&version=20030AB115196AMD)
5. **09/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1151&version=20030AB115195AMD)
6. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1151&version=20030AB115194AMD)
7. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1151&version=20030AB115192CHP)
8. **AB1151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1151)
9. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1151&version=20030AB115193ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab1151 dymally by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1151 dymally concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on human services. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1151 dymally consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- be referred to committee on human services. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- be referred to committee on rules. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dymally — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 847, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3829.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2478.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-16** 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`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2330.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 6). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Standing Committee on Human Services) (Page 1427) Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1428.) From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 5). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 29). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0690499-4542-4e57-9ffc-e04e9cc18588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).