---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adoption: legal guardians."
description: "Adoption: legal guardians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 416"
citation: "California AB 416 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Adoption: legal guardians."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Suer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/674e8948-a82b-4351-b7eb-2a4c97ea1024"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB416"
source_hash: "8d967ee9bc60581fb31efc8e6975e736537ed122c733d1f2925d3d875064c7e3"
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 416 (20032004) — Adoption: legal guardians.

## 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=200320040AB416&version=20030AB41699INT)
2. **03/26/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB416&version=20030AB41698AMD)
3. **06/30/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB416&version=20030AB41697AMD)
4. **07/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB416&version=20030AB41695CHP)
5. **AB416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB416)
6. **07/07/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB416&version=20030AB41696ENR)

## Votes

- consent calendar 2nd ab416 la suer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 416 la suer consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 416 la suer concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- La Suer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 81, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-07-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1627.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-30** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1034.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** 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`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/674e8948-a82b-4351-b7eb-2a4c97ea1024`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).