---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wards and dependent children: program of supervision."
description: "Wards and dependent children: program of supervision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2483"
citation: "California AB 2483 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wards and dependent children: program of supervision."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28fef6a3-7fc4-454e-a8d4-b0864ccbf31c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2483"
source_hash: "bd8f99f17b20886c5f63f5fb4f7f9daba079ece7819bbee21b39c312f620a348"
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 2483 (20072008) — Wards and dependent children: program of supervision.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2483&version=20070AB248399INT)
2. **04/09/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2483&version=20070AB248398AMD)
3. **07/16/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2483&version=20070AB248396CHP)
4. **AB2483** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2483)
5. **07/07/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2483&version=20070AB248397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2483 Bass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2483 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2008-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4971.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4621.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2008-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 132, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28fef6a3-7fc4-454e-a8d4-b0864ccbf31c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).