---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child welfare services: foster siblings."
description: "Child welfare services: foster siblings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 353"
citation: "California AB 353 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child welfare services: foster siblings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montanez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-11"
last_action: "2003-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36dc6233-b0ff-4e48-9fc6-ae543d3878fb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB353"
source_hash: "ee6cfa537ed8c1bd84b2f2a51fc4b6737d051d03d1d5111d66dc077da8933a9a"
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 353 (20032004) — Child welfare services: foster siblings.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB353&version=20030AB35399INT)
2. **04/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB353&version=20030AB35398AMD)
3. **07/02/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB353&version=20030AB35396CHP)
4. **AB353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB353)
5. **06/19/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB353&version=20030AB35397ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- consent calendar 2nd ab353 montanez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 353 montanez consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Montanez — primary (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — principal coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 28, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2003-06-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-06-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1399.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1252.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** 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`
- **2003-03-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2003-02-11** 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/36dc6233-b0ff-4e48-9fc6-ae543d3878fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).