---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dependent children."
description: "Dependent children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 408"
citation: "California AB 408 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dependent children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0097417-e532-4799-8fe3-b3467ad46f4a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB408"
source_hash: "d4dee6827276242f54db043c721e9c298d466dc2c060d9931ef4f4282e5ae6ce"
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 408 (20032004) — Dependent children.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB408&version=20030AB40899INT)
2. **04/09/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB408&version=20030AB40898AMD)
3. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB408&version=20030AB40897AMD)
4. **05/27/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB408&version=20030AB40896AMD)
5. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB408&version=20030AB40895AMD)
6. **09/09/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB408&version=20030AB40894AMD)
7. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB408&version=20030AB40892CHP)
8. **AB408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB408)
9. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB408&version=20030AB40893ENR)

## Votes

- ab 408 steinberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab408 steinberg by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on human services. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 408 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 813, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2003-09-25** (Corrected September 24. )
- **2003-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3840.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2470.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** Joint Rules 61(a)(10) and 61(a)(11) suspended. (Page 2351.) Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 2351.)
- **2003-08-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1985.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 25. Noes 0.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 29). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2003-02-14** 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/b0097417-e532-4799-8fe3-b3467ad46f4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).