republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1905.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care: funding: placement approvals."
description: "Existing law establishes the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, under which counties provide payments to foster care providers on behalf of qualified children in foster care. The program is funded by a combination of federal, state, and county funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1905"
citation: "California AB 1905 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster care: funding: placement approvals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-16"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aa27699-dd98-4861-94e4-1a2f6513e66f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1905"
source_hash: "9c5aab17fa59ae69aeff5efc13bb216632de65eccb4929d4d770c9c16f683178"
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 1905 (20092010) — Foster care: funding: placement approvals.

Existing law establishes the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, under which counties provide payments to foster care providers on behalf of qualified children in foster care. The program is funded by a combination of federal, state, and county funds.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1905&version=20090AB190599INT)
2. **03/17/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1905&version=20090AB190598AMD)
3. **08/17/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1905&version=20090AB190597AMD)
4. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1905&version=20090AB190595CHP)
5. **AB1905** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1905)
6. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1905&version=20090AB190596ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1905 Cook By Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1905 COOK Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1905 COOK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Emmerson — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2010-03-04** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4822.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** From Consent Calendar.
- **2010-07-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-17** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4712.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-23** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6463.)
- **2010-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6484.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 562, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1aa27699-dd98-4861-94e4-1a2f6513e66f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).