republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1603.md

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Bill	Public social services omnibus.	(1) Existing federal law, the Immigration and Nationality Act, establishes a procedure for classification of certain aliens as special immigrants who have been declared dependent on a juvenile court and authorizes those aliens to apply for an adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident within the United States. Under federal regulations, an alien is eligible for special immigrant juvenile status if, among other things, he or she is under 21 years of age. Existing state law provides that the juvenile, probate, and family divisions of the superior court have jurisdiction to make judicial determinations regarding the custody and care of children within the meaning of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1603	California AB 1603 (20152016)	bill appropriation	Public social services omnibus.	enacted	Committee on Budget	6	25	4	2016-01-07	2016-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/be3f3f96-764e-4aa8-bc63-e9e3c451f7a2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1603	b0ab37d759ce892b681480728f5c4bd76b1ca68fff1d847fbd8cf36100fe1bc8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1603 (20152016) — Public social services omnibus.

(1) Existing federal law, the Immigration and Nationality Act, establishes a procedure for classification of certain aliens as special immigrants who have been declared dependent on a juvenile court and authorizes those aliens to apply for an adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident within the United States. Under federal regulations, an alien is eligible for special immigrant juvenile status if, among other things, he or she is under 21 years of age. Existing state law provides that the juvenile, probate, and family divisions of the superior court have jurisdiction to make judicial determinations regarding the custody and care of children within the meaning of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.

Version chain

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

1. 01/07/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/14/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/13/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/27/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1603 (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/16/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1603 Committee On BUDGET (Ting) By Leno — 29–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 1603 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — 51–26 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 13–3 (pass) · upper
• AB 1603 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — 54–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Budget — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-01-08 From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
• 2016-02-01 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2016-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2016-04-25 Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 4488.)
• 2016-04-25 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2016-04-25 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-04-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 4571.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
• 2016-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken.
• 2016-06-13 Further hearing to be set.
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (June 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-15 Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 4327.)
• 2016-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 4376.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-06-16 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 5392.)
• 2016-06-16 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 5392.)
• 2016-06-16 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 5394.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-06-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-06-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 25, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be3f3f96-764e-4aa8-bc63-e9e3c451f7a2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).