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Bill	Foster care: rights.	Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, including foster family homes and group homes, by the State Department of Social Services, and requires the department to ensure that licensed or certified foster care facilities and providers accord children and nonminor dependents in foster care their personal rights. Existing law establishes the Office of the State Foster Care Ombudsperson to, among other things, investigate and attempt to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of children placed in foster care, related to their care, placement, or services.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1140	California AB 1140 (20212022)	bill	Foster care: rights.	enacted	Robert Rivas	7	29	7	2021-02-18	2021-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/a88414ef-c6c5-41e8-aea9-3b2b037b189c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1140	d879ab3bec7a6fdb747945a470d34c0f6e34b6d61b769443fbf8f4ba1f5e4772	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1140 (20212022) — Foster care: rights.

Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, including foster family homes and group homes, by the State Department of Social Services, and requires the department to ensure that licensed or certified foster care facilities and providers accord children and nonminor dependents in foster care their personal rights. Existing law establishes the Office of the State Foster Care Ombudsperson to, among other things, investigate and attempt to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of children placed in foster care, related to their care, placement, or services.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/30/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/07/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/24/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1140 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1140 Robert Rivas Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1140 Robert Rivas By Durazo — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1140 RIVAS, R. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert Rivas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2021-03-04 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1071.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-04-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-12 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-16 From Consent Calendar.
• 2021-08-16 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-08-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-07 Pursuant to JR 33.1
• 2021-09-07 Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Page 2465.)
• 2021-09-07 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2631.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3163.)
• 2021-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3163.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2021-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 297, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a88414ef-c6c5-41e8-aea9-3b2b037b189c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).