---
type: "Bill"
title: "County child welfare services: mortality review."
description: "County child welfare services: mortality review."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2904"
citation: "California AB 2904 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County child welfare services: mortality review."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayashi"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27aa664a-f8b4-4fb3-a33a-5d4f054158ed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2904"
source_hash: "0e1c3cb10b2c6d2eb3177c25ee5852f0cb54cdb7290e5eb89bcc195f55015ca5"
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 2904 (20072008) — County child welfare services: mortality review.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2904&version=20070AB290499INT)
2. **04/02/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2904&version=20070AB290498AMD)
3. **04/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2904&version=20070AB290497AMD)
4. **05/06/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2904&version=20070AB290496AMD)
5. **06/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2904&version=20070AB290495AMD)
6. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2904&version=20070AB290494AMD)
7. **08/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2904&version=20070AB290492CHP)
8. **AB2904** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2904)
9. **07/16/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2904&version=20070AB290493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2904 Hayashi — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2904 HAYASHI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2904 HAYASHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayashi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Human Services by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** 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`
- **2008-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-12** From Consent Calendar. To third reading pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5154.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4684.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6120.)
- **2008-07-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6129.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2008-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 254, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27aa664a-f8b4-4fb3-a33a-5d4f054158ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).