republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2802.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transitional housing placement providers."
description: "Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate transitional housing placement providers pursuant to the act. Under existing law, a transitional housing placement provider is an organization licensed by the department to provide transitional housing to foster children at least 16 years of age and not more than 18 years of age and to nonminor dependents to promote their transition to adulthood. Existing law requires a transitional housing unit to include, among other things, a host family certified by a transitional housing placement provider or other designated entity, as prescribed. Existing law requires the department to adopt regulations governing transitional housing placement living arrangements requirements for minors and nonminor dependents, as prescribed. Under existing law, a violation of the act is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2802"
citation: "California AB 2802 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transitional housing placement providers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/102033c5-e510-49c4-96f3-912b7146bd15"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2802"
source_hash: "c723d9d05b93f98d3fe94c87ed4bf471e2d1671705c7194dcc9ad697e1abff94"
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 AB 2802 (20232024) — Transitional housing placement providers.

Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate transitional housing placement providers pursuant to the act. Under existing law, a transitional housing placement provider is an organization licensed by the department to provide transitional housing to foster children at least 16 years of age and not more than 18 years of age and to nonminor dependents to promote their transition to adulthood. Existing law requires a transitional housing unit to include, among other things, a host family certified by a transitional housing placement provider or other designated entity, as prescribed. Existing law requires the department to adopt regulations governing transitional housing placement living arrangements requirements for minors and nonminor dependents, as prescribed. Under existing law, a violation of the act is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2802&version=20230AB280299INT)
2. **04/02/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2802&version=20230AB280298AMD)
3. **08/19/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2802&version=20230AB280297AMD)
4. **09/14/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2802&version=20230AB280295CHP)
5. **AB2802** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2802)
6. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2802&version=20230AB280296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2802 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — **60–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2802 Maienschein et al. By Atkins — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2802 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-02** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 7. Page 5081.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-15** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 1.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 6.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 245, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/102033c5-e510-49c4-96f3-912b7146bd15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).