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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relative caregivers."
description: "Relative caregivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 298"
citation: "California AB 298 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Relative caregivers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maze"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4691dfe2-76df-4284-b142-05168eb53254"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB298"
source_hash: "ba1784b0004a57d9d9f8b0cac901cb595e30005e8a360cc9c0fe33319f9e40e8"
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 298 (20072008) — Relative caregivers.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/09/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB298&version=20070AB29899INT)
2. **03/15/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB298&version=20070AB29898AMD)
3. **06/25/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB298&version=20070AB29897AMD)
4. **08/27/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB298&version=20070AB29896AMD)
5. **08/29/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB298&version=20070AB29895AMD)
6. **09/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB298&version=20070AB29894AMD)
7. **10/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB298&version=20070AB29892CHP)
8. **AB298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB298)
9. **09/17/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB298&version=20070AB29893ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 298 MAZE Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB298 Maze By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 298 MAZE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Maze — primary (person)
- Bass — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Runner — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2007-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1534.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-06-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-29** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2383.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3139.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 565, Statutes of 2007.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4691dfe2-76df-4284-b142-05168eb53254`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).