---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Children and Families Commission."
description: "California Children and Families Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 179"
citation: "California AB 179 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Children and Families Commission."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-01-27"
last_action: "2003-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f54873ad-3e44-41bd-b5fb-756b295b74c3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB179"
source_hash: "ff94f258dd0c4542c0a6f46ae9afda13b4ed524129fd8fbf40a56704f503f038"
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 179 (20032004) — California Children and Families Commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB179&version=20030AB17999INT)
2. **03/04/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB179&version=20030AB17998AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB179&version=20030AB17997AMD)
4. **06/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB179&version=20030AB17996AMD)
5. **07/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB179&version=20030AB17995AMD)
6. **09/17/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB179&version=20030AB17993CHP)
7. **AB179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB179)
8. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB179&version=20030AB17994ENR)

## Votes

- ab 179 chan consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab179 chan by figueroa — **fail** (fail) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab179 chan by figueroa reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- ab 179 chan concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab179 chan by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3278.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** Action rescinded and record expunged whereby a final roll call vote was taken.
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 2130.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 1666.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Figueroa. Reconsideration granted. (Page 1667.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-03** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1563.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-28** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2003-01-27** 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/f54873ad-3e44-41bd-b5fb-756b295b74c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).