republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-579.md

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Bill	Dependent children: notice to siblings.	Dependent children: notice to siblings.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 579	California AB 579 (20032004)	bill	Dependent children: notice to siblings.	enacted	Chu	6	24	6	2003-02-18	2003-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/98347a99-0de5-4ff6-b2f9-31c3771386d1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB579	9d82d4994bd5948be4e57c2b0f82c04551c79afa89734a10d2325abcd434fe7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 579 (20032004) — Dependent children: notice to siblings.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/08/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/29/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB579 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/11/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health and Human Services. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 579 chu concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 579 chu assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• special consent cale ab579 chu by escutia — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 558, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-23 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2003-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3828.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-09-10 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2477.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-08 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-09-03 From inactive file. To second reading.
• 2003-08-19 To inactive file on motion of Senator Kuehl.
• 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
• 2003-06-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-06-11 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-05-08 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and H. & H.S. referral-committee
• 2003-04-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-04-24 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1241.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-04-21 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-04-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-04-02 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 1). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 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
• 2003-02-27 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; origin ocd-bill/98347a99-0de5-4ff6-b2f9-31c3771386d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).