---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: foster children."
description: "Education: foster children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 490"
citation: "California AB 490 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: foster children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cd0d1b7-9a27-4250-9d4b-d408e6b1df39"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB490"
source_hash: "927a76751ee95fd87cca72b8f6fa30858d4d08c8f2978b73ec36b4a4ca354252"
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 490 (20032004) — Education: foster 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=200320040AB490&version=20030AB49099INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB490&version=20030AB49098AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB490&version=20030AB49097AMD)
4. **07/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB490&version=20030AB49096AMD)
5. **08/19/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB490&version=20030AB49095AMD)
6. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB490&version=20030AB49094AMD)
7. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB490&version=20030AB49092CHP)
8. **AB490** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB490)
9. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB490&version=20030AB49093ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 490 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab490 steinberg by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health and Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- ab 490 steinberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 862, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-23** (Corrected September 22. )
- **2003-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3838.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2465.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-08-15** (Corrected August 14. )
- **2003-07-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.) From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** In committee: Placed on EDUCATION suspense file.
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 4. Page 2224.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 5.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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/7cd0d1b7-9a27-4250-9d4b-d408e6b1df39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).