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Bill	Adoption Assistance Program: tribal court order.	Existing law establishes the Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) , administered by the State Department of Social Services, to benefit children residing in foster homes by providing the stability and security of permanent homes. Existing law requires the department or the county, whichever is responsible for determining the child's AAP eligibility, to assess the needs of the child and the circumstances of the family, with the amount of a cash benefit being determined based on those factors. Existing law requires the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency to inform the prospective adoptive family regarding the county responsible for providing financial aid to the adoptive family in the determined amount.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2948	California AB 2948 (20232024)	bill	Adoption Assistance Program tribal court order	enacted	Ramos	4	19	7	2024-02-16	2024-08-19	openstates	ocd-bill/2b4ba95e-ca3b-4d58-9723-246b4247708a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2948	cc75630220f79997ee7e06804955021c15bf8b21600107fa51de1975a4493380	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2948 (20232024) — Adoption Assistance Program: tribal court order.

Existing law establishes the Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) , administered by the State Department of Social Services, to benefit children residing in foster homes by providing the stability and security of permanent homes. Existing law requires the department or the county, whichever is responsible for determining the child's AAP eligibility, to assess the needs of the child and the circumstances of the family, with the amount of a cash benefit being determined based on those factors. Existing law requires the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency to inform the prospective adoptive family regarding the county responsible for providing financial aid to the adoptive family in the determined amount.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/19/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2948 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/07/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2948 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day — 65–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ramos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2024-03-11 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5161.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-22 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4973.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-08-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2024-08-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-08-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 175, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b4ba95e-ca3b-4d58-9723-246b4247708a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).