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Bill	Transitional food stamps for foster youth.	Existing law declares the duty of the state to care for and protect the children that it places into foster care. Under existing law, the State Department of Social Services has various powers and duties relating to ensuring that the needs of foster children are met.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 719	California AB 719 (20092010)	bill	Transitional food stamps for foster youth.	enacted	Bonnie Lowenthal	5	22	8	2009-02-26	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a91f5c42-a818-4af0-b4fd-1aeb0f2b59e2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB719	e75af1b296cc59f3120372fb09b8c2a468957f4993d7d8f30392c775e0e31be2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 719 (20092010) — Transitional food stamps for foster youth.

Existing law declares the duty of the state to care for and protect the children that it places into foster care. Under existing law, the State Department of Social Services has various powers and duties relating to ensuring that the needs of foster children are met.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/19/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB719 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/11/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 719 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB719 Bonnie Lowenthal By Liu — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 719 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person)
• Ammiano — coauthor (person)
• Beall — coauthor (person)
• Hall — coauthor (person)
• John A. Perez — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Torres — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
• 2009-03-23 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 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, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1848.) 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 Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2009-06-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-13 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2009-08-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-08-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-08-31 (received by desk August 28, 2009 pursuant to JR61(a)(11))
• 2009-09-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-02 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 2127.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3157.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-28 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a91f5c42-a818-4af0-b4fd-1aeb0f2b59e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).