---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster children: extracurricular activities."
description: "Foster children: extracurricular activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2096"
citation: "California AB 2096 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster children: extracurricular activities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-19"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/407c5afe-2943-4bb0-bb78-cac41fcd19d4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2096"
source_hash: "7fd0824d1799210726379e9b11e60a5a049b1957ca76430d019c94e7ab4aff90"
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 2096 (20072008) — Foster children: extracurricular activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2096&version=20070AB209699INT)
2. **04/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2096&version=20070AB209698AMD)
3. **06/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2096&version=20070AB209697AMD)
4. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2096&version=20070AB209696AMD)
5. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2096&version=20070AB209694CHP)
6. **AB2096** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2096)
7. **08/14/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2096&version=20070AB209695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #35 AB2096 Bass By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2096 BASS Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2096 BASS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)
- Brownley — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Villines — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** 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`
- **2008-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4841.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4854.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-07** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2008-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6385.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 483, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/407c5afe-2943-4bb0-bb78-cac41fcd19d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).