---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care: residentially based services."
description: "Foster care: residentially based services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1453"
citation: "California AB 1453 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster care: residentially based services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Soto"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53fc4093-f275-4b92-85f8-4d65f9fdf123"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1453"
source_hash: "100e02e648f6687379c7b0ee400c4ddd9e8bda35c08052a647677ba21dabe641"
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 1453 (20072008) — Foster care: residentially based services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1453&version=20070AB145399INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1453&version=20070AB145398AMD)
3. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1453&version=20070AB145397AMD)
4. **06/06/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1453&version=20070AB145396AMD)
5. **08/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1453&version=20070AB145395AMD)
6. **09/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1453&version=20070AB145394AMD)
7. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1453&version=20070AB145392CHP)
8. **AB1453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1453)
9. **09/25/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1453&version=20070AB145393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1453 SOTO Third Reading Urgency Amendment Set #1 — **fail** (fail) · lower
- AB 1453 Soto Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1453 SOTO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1453 Soto By Yee — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Soto — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 1981.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-07** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 2066.).
- **2007-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 8. Page 2088.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-20** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) . Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2493.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 3332.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 466, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53fc4093-f275-4b92-85f8-4d65f9fdf123`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).