---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Fostering Connections to Success Act."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the out-of-home placement of children who are unable to remain in the custody and care of their parent or parents, and provides for a range of child welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance services for which these children may be eligible."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 12"
citation: "California AB 12 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Fostering Connections to Success Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 47
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2008-12-01"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1046d76-17b2-410a-b1bf-fb88f9cd3ef7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12"
source_hash: "34a998091545f1137662f21427424494dc075fe0cf0e4761fe9d79eb3474b820"
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 12 (20092010) — California Fostering Connections to Success Act.

(1) Existing law provides for the out-of-home placement of children who are unable to remain in the custody and care of their parent or parents, and provides for a range of child welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance services for which these children may be eligible.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/01/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1299INT)
2. **01/25/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1295AMD)
3. **03/23/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1298AMD)
4. **04/05/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1294AMD)
5. **04/13/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1297AMD)
6. **04/29/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1296AMD)
7. **05/27/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1293AMD)
8. **06/29/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1292AMD)
9. **08/02/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1291AMD)
10. **08/18/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1290AMD)
11. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1289AMD)
12. **08/30/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1288AMD)
13. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1286CHP)
14. **AB12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12)
15. **09/13/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB12&version=20090AB1287ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE AB12 Beall By Liu — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 12 BEALL Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 12 Beall Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Audra Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Bass — author (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Brownley — coauthor (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Coto — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- De La Torre — coauthor (person)
- De Leon — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Gilmore — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Hernandez — coauthor (person)
- Huber — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- John A. Perez — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Krekorian — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Liu — principal coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Nestande — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Saldana — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)
- Villines — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-12-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-12-02** From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
- **2009-02-05** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-04-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-01-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (January 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-01-25** (Corrected January 28.)
- **2010-01-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-01-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3899.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-04-05** (Corrected April 20.)
- **2010-05-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-08-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** In committee: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2010-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-27** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended.
- **2010-08-27** (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 4960.)
- **2010-08-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-31** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2010-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 5070.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 6948.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 559, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1046d76-17b2-410a-b1bf-fb88f9cd3ef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).