(1) Existing law provides for the implementation of the resource family approval program, which replaces the multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families. Existing law requires foster care providers to have resource family approval by December 31, 2019, and makes existing foster care certifications, licenses, and approvals inoperative as of that date, except as specified. Existing law requires public and private child placement agencies to provide existing foster care providers with certain information regarding the resource family approval program, including, among other things, notice that in order to care for a foster child, resource family approval is required by December 31, 2019.
California SB 1083 (20172018) — Resource family approval.
(1) Existing law provides for the implementation of the resource family approval program, which replaces the multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, certifying foster homes by foster family agencies, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving guardians and adoptive families. Existing law requires foster care providers to have resource family approval by December 31, 2019, and makes existing foster care certifications, licenses, and approvals inoperative as of that date, except as specified. Existing law requires public and private child placement agencies to provide existing foster care providers with certain information regarding the resource family approval program, including, among other things, notice that in order to care for a foster child, resource family approval is required by December 31, 2019.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Mitchell — primary (person)
Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-13 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
2018-02-22 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2018-02-27 Set for hearing April 10.
2018-04-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4624.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-13 Set for hearing April 23.
2018-04-18 April 23 hearing postponed by committee.
2018-04-20 Set for hearing April 30.
2018-04-30 April 30 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4303.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4380.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2018-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6797.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2018-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6059.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 935, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70f00106-966b-4ee2-b4bc-0e6741c26502. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).