---
type: "Bill"
title: "Group homes: foster care."
description: "Group homes: foster care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2149"
citation: "California AB 2149 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Group homes: foster care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae7adc3-f5f9-44cb-8ecb-6c65ee8aa2af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149"
source_hash: "d3f2de235bdb4223eb321790b70931dd4f4fff77790bb0bd249062691d28e2bb"
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 2149 (20032004) — Group homes: foster care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149&version=20030AB214999INT)
2. **03/24/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149&version=20030AB214998AMD)
3. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149&version=20030AB214997AMD)
4. **04/14/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149&version=20030AB214996AMD)
5. **05/17/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149&version=20030AB214995AMD)
6. **06/02/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149&version=20030AB214994AMD)
7. **07/01/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149&version=20030AB214993AMD)
8. **08/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149&version=20030AB214992AMD)
9. **09/28/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149&version=20030AB214990CHP)
10. **AB2149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149)
11. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2149&version=20030AB214991ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2149 longville assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- ab 2149 longville concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2149 longville by scott — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 833, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7311.) `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 38. Noes 0. Page 4962.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-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.
- **2004-07-02** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-01** 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`
- **2004-06-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **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 Judiciary. `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 78. Noes 0. Page 5814.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, 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, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-24** 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`
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2004-02-18** 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/6ae7adc3-f5f9-44cb-8ecb-6c65ee8aa2af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).