---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dependent children."
description: "Dependent children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 524"
citation: "California AB 524 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dependent children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haynes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2ba6666-b33e-4f7c-b23c-a527d625b279"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB524"
source_hash: "9ae4b6f1f065ea2698dba33fdc0791be7da63b6c07802788e0a3486058685b75"
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 524 (20032004) — Dependent children.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB524&version=20030AB52499INT)
2. **03/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB524&version=20030AB52498AMD)
3. **03/26/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB524&version=20030AB52497AMD)
4. **04/30/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB524&version=20030AB52496AMD)
5. **06/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB524&version=20030AB52495AMD)
6. **09/05/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB524&version=20030AB52493CHP)
7. **AB524** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB524)
8. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB524&version=20030AB52494ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 524 haynes assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 524 haynes concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #20 ab524 haynes — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haynes — primary (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Dutton — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- La Suer — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Morrow — coauthor (person)
- Mountjoy — coauthor (person)
- Oller — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 306, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3045.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1914.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-06-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-16** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1444.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2003-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2ba6666-b33e-4f7c-b23c-a527d625b279`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).