---
type: "Bill"
title: "Placement of minors: group homes."
description: "Placement of minors: group homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1948"
citation: "California AB 1948 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Placement of minors: group homes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aghazarian"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2004-02-11"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/211af262-9035-46ed-bab5-91d9524d37c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1948"
source_hash: "3f643a1ca7c3931fc36268b904ee9d15b7ffb44154f9254e1a929c0e0e6cb5f1"
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 1948 (20032004) — Placement of minors: group homes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1948&version=20030AB194899INT)
2. **03/23/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1948&version=20030AB194898AMD)
3. **04/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1948&version=20030AB194897AMD)
4. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1948&version=20030AB194895CHP)
5. **AB1948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1948)
6. **06/14/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1948&version=20030AB194896ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab1948 aghazarian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1948 aghazarian assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aghazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 375, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Ordered returned to enrollment.
- **2004-06-21** Withdrawn from Enrollment. Held at Desk.
- **2004-06-14** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-06-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4104.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5210.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2004-02-11** 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/211af262-9035-46ed-bab5-91d9524d37c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).