---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interscholastic athletics: pupils in foster care."
description: "Existing law recognizes that the California Interscholastic Federation is a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 81"
citation: "California AB 81 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Interscholastic athletics: pupils in foster care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Audra Strickland"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-12-22"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cd02e7e-11be-4483-9337-000cfd0c221a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB81"
source_hash: "0d8bda97f7dbc0ee323c9735420a6d77289ce814e0792b2a42a6a39db2ab665e"
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 81 (20092010) — Interscholastic athletics: pupils in foster care.

Existing law recognizes that the California Interscholastic Federation is a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB81&version=20090AB8199INT)
2. **03/24/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB81&version=20090AB8198AMD)
3. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB81&version=20090AB8197AMD)
4. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB81&version=20090AB8195CHP)
5. **AB81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB81)
6. **06/26/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB81&version=20090AB8196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB81 Audra Strickland — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 81 STRICKLAND Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Audra Strickland — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Gilmore — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Nestande — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-12-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-12-23** From printer. May be heard in committee January 22.
- **2009-01-05** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-07** (Corrected January 7.)
- **2009-02-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-14** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-04-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1174.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1428.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-06-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn from Governor.
- **2009-07-01** Ordered returned to enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 76, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cd02e7e-11be-4483-9337-000cfd0c221a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).