Existing law, the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, requires foster care providers to be paid a per child per month rate, established by the State Department of Social Services, for the care and supervision of the child placed with the provider. Existing law prohibits foster care payments from being considered income of the foster parent or child for purposes of determining eligibility and benefits for specified state or federal programs unless required by federal law as a condition of the receipt of federal financial participation.
California AB 1694 (20172018) — Foster care payments: income.
Existing law, the Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) program, requires foster care providers to be paid a per child per month rate, established by the State Department of Social Services, for the care and supervision of the child placed with the provider. Existing law prohibits foster care payments from being considered income of the foster parent or child for purposes of determining eligibility and benefits for specified state or federal programs unless required by federal law as a condition of the receipt of federal financial participation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1694 STONE Concurrence - Urgency Added — 68–0 (pass) · lower
With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1694 Mark Stone By Mitchell Urgency Clause — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Mark Stone — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-27 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-28 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
2017-03-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-04-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 967.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-04-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-06-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-06-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1612.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-07-06 Ordered to the Senate.
2017-07-06 In Senate. Held at Desk.
2018-01-12 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. reading-3, passage
2018-01-12 Ordered to third reading.
2018-01-12 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-01-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-01-16 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
2018-01-24 Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2018-02-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (February 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-03-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-03-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-03-08 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3436.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-03-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-03-12 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2018-03-20 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). committee-passage
2018-03-22 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4370.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-03-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-04-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-04-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 10, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a15cd9e1-3c66-41b1-b2ab-6a82e0edf21e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).