---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster children: education."
description: "Existing law requires a local educational agency, at the initial detention or placement or any subsequent change in placement of a foster child, to allow the foster child to continue his or her education in the school of origin, as defined, for the duration of the school year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1933"
citation: "California AB 1933 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster children: education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brownley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2010-02-17"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ee8384e-7fa9-49d2-9243-2672218b99de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1933"
source_hash: "3dfd0e01f3b84e1cbe31d89226c5912eac911839c74e34b10ada532309ad6134"
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 1933 (20092010) — Foster children: education.

Existing law requires a local educational agency, at the initial detention or placement or any subsequent change in placement of a foster child, to allow the foster child to continue his or her education in the school of origin, as defined, for the duration of the school year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1933&version=20090AB193399INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1933&version=20090AB193398AMD)
3. **08/17/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1933&version=20090AB193397AMD)
4. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1933&version=20090AB193396AMD)
5. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1933&version=20090AB193394CHP)
6. **AB1933** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1933)
7. **08/31/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1933&version=20090AB193395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1933 BROWNLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1933 Brownley By Liu — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1933 BROWNLEY Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brownley — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Liu — principal coauthor (person)
- Miller — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2010-03-04** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 24). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-05** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5053.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** In committee: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2010-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-17** 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`
- **2010-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4838.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6644.)
- **2010-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6682.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 563, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ee8384e-7fa9-49d2-9243-2672218b99de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).