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type: "Bill"
title: "Foster children: housing: gender identity."
description: "Existing law provides that a minor may be adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court under specified circumstances. Existing law authorizes the court to place a minor who has been removed from the custody of his or her parent or guardian in foster care, among other placements. Existing law extends certain foster care benefits to youth up to 21 years of age, known as nonminor dependents if specified conditions are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 731"
citation: "California SB 731 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster children: housing: gender identity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74cb15c4-4a54-40f4-a33d-9e2d2e9d19d3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB731"
source_hash: "664e7f3e36594aff62030d5e143a0db9ac71d256a77826d559f43d96522d9589"
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 SB 731 (20152016) — Foster children: housing: gender identity.
Existing law provides that a minor may be adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court under specified circumstances. Existing law authorizes the court to place a minor who has been removed from the custody of his or her parent or guardian in foster care, among other placements. Existing law extends certain foster care benefits to youth up to 21 years of age, known as nonminor dependents if specified conditions are met.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB731&version=20150SB73199INT)
2. **08/19/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB731&version=20150SB73198AMD)
3. **08/31/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB731&version=20150SB73197AMD)
4. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB731&version=20150SB73195CHP)
5. **SB731** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB731)
6. **09/04/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB731&version=20150SB73196ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **121** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **51** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **51** (pass) · upper
- SB 731 Leno Senate Third Reading By CHU — **601** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB731 Leno Concurrence — **2710** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **30** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **285** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Leno — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Set for hearing April 14.
- **2015-04-14** April 14 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-15** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 727.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 820.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2015-05-11** May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1159.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 5. Page 1191.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 2781.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2446.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 805, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74cb15c4-4a54-40f4-a33d-9e2d2e9d19d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).