---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care."
description: "Foster care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 458"
citation: "California AB 458 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d556bbb-6e30-4305-b922-039149ed23cd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB458"
source_hash: "f8ded33c58dff0556099ee97f72f00b38f7c4fbc3988b936b236b79c0b6b7591"
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 458 (20032004) — Foster care.

## 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=200320040AB458&version=20030AB45899INT)
2. **03/26/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB458&version=20030AB45898AMD)
3. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB458&version=20030AB45897AMD)
4. **06/12/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB458&version=20030AB45896AMD)
5. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB458&version=20030AB45895AMD)
6. **09/08/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB458&version=20030AB45893CHP)
7. **AB458** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB458)
8. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB458&version=20030AB45894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 458 chu concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- ab 458 chu assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab458 chu by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Nunez — coauthor (person)
- Ridley-Thomas — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 331, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 3066.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 1957.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** 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`
- **2003-06-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 1608.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 8.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 8). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** 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`
- **2003-02-24** Referred to 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/9d556bbb-6e30-4305-b922-039149ed23cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).