Foster care: gender affirming health care and mental health care.
Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state that all minors and nonminors in foster care have specified rights, including, among others, the right to receive medical, dental, vision, and mental health services, the right to be involved in the development of their own case plans and plans for permanent placement, and the right to be placed in out-of-home care according to their gender identity, regardless of the gender or sex listed in their court or child welfare records.
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 2119
California AB 2119 (20172018)
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Foster care: gender affirming health care and mental health care.
California AB 2119 (20172018) — Foster care: gender affirming health care and mental health care.
Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state that all minors and nonminors in foster care have specified rights, including, among others, the right to receive medical, dental, vision, and mental health services, the right to be involved in the development of their own case plans and plans for permanent placement, and the right to be placed in out-of-home care according to their gender identity, regardless of the gender or sex listed in their court or child welfare records.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2119 GLORIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 53–22 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2119 Gloria et al. By Wiener — 26–12 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
AB 2119 GLORIA Assembly Third Reading — 46–22 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gloria — primary (person)
Wiener — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
2018-02-22 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2018-03-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-04-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2018-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 22. Page 5241.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-30 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-18 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
2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-06 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2018-08-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 5806.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 6837.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 385, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d16e7ab1-a939-4d5c-919f-cf094cb0bf6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).