republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-595.md

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Bill	Placement of children: criminal background checks.	(1) Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of community care facilities, including foster family homes and foster family agencies, by the State Department of Social Services. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 595	California AB 595 (20092010)	bill	Placement of children: criminal background checks.	enacted	Adams	4	23	6	2009-02-25	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/afe54afc-9159-44ce-b5d0-78d6be327482	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB595	6ad048f8ad159b0db957cde1051334c6621faa1d7591e32d876e955f74f096cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 595 (20092010) — Placement of children: criminal background checks.

(1) Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of community care facilities, including foster family homes and foster family agencies, by the State Department of Social Services. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB595 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/20/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #14 AB595 Adams — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 595 ADAMS Third Reading Urgency — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2009-05-12 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2009-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-29 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1845.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-11 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2009-06-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-06-29 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2009-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-07-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-15 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-08-17 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1844.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-08-17 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2009-08-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2009-09-08 Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
• 2009-09-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 246, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/afe54afc-9159-44ce-b5d0-78d6be327482. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).