---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care providers: evaluation and criminal records checks."
description: "Foster care providers: evaluation and criminal records checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1913"
citation: "California AB 1913 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster care providers: evaluation and criminal records checks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-09"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f953b342-328b-4945-8ba3-2a3d7fb9b230"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1913"
source_hash: "d6bc6dcc2fa0e4564d090b754fd20b536addd9070001fc4e860cdf586aa6d3ff"
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 1913 (20032004) — Foster care providers: evaluation and criminal records checks.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1913&version=20030AB191399INT)
2. **04/14/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1913&version=20030AB191398AMD)
3. **04/28/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1913&version=20030AB191397AMD)
4. **06/02/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1913&version=20030AB191396AMD)
5. **06/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1913&version=20030AB191395AMD)
6. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1913&version=20030AB191393CHP)
7. **AB1913** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1913)
8. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1913&version=20030AB191394ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1913 cohn concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, but re-refer to the committee on public safety recommend consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- do pass as amended and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1913 cohn consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1913 cohn by ashburn — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 373, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7300.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4951.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-23** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-02** 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`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5863.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-14** 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`
- **2004-04-13** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-03-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2004-02-09** 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/f953b342-328b-4945-8ba3-2a3d7fb9b230`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).