republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2205.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Helping Heroes Child Care Program."
description: "California Helping Heroes Child Care Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2205"
citation: "California AB 2205 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Helping Heroes Child Care Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oropeza"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b429284e-b215-444d-b59a-eaca513d4bac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2205"
source_hash: "021d4ede6526c7b88b497d53660a6d84b40c653cdb0ebb4e5d8310e090b64ff4"
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 2205 (20032004) — California Helping Heroes Child Care Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2205&version=20030AB220599INT)
2. **04/21/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2205&version=20030AB220598AMD)
3. **05/20/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2205&version=20030AB220597AMD)
4. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2205&version=20030AB220596AMD)
5. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2205&version=20030AB220595AMD)
6. **09/16/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2205&version=20030AB220593CHP)
7. **AB2205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2205)
8. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2205&version=20030AB220594ENR)

## Votes

- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2205 oropeza concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2205 oropeza third reading urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2205 oropeza by ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oropeza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 555, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7688.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5197.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-21** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6016.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 4.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2004-02-18** 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/b429284e-b215-444d-b59a-eaca513d4bac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).