republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-118.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care liability."
description: "Foster care liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 118"
citation: "California AB 118 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster care liability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-01-05"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79413daf-4368-4e80-9b76-6417d68a3190"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118"
source_hash: "a599d51874750c2349fceb1ea39f4907907a636a83c3eea1bf22b8cb9a44fd57"
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 118 (19992000) — Foster care liability.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/05/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11899INT)
2. **03/11/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11898AMD)
3. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11897AMD)
4. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11896AMD)
5. **04/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11895AMD)
6. **05/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11894AMD)
7. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11893AMD)
8. **06/21/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11892AMD)
9. **07/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11891AMD)
10. **08/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11890AMD)
11. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11888CHP)
12. **AB118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118)
13. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB118&version=19990AB11889ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB118 Washington By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 118 WASHINGTON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB118 Washington By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 118 WASHINGTON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 118 WASHINGTON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 620, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 3776.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 2799.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** In Senate. Held at Desk. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-26** Action rescinded whereby Senate amendments were concurred in and bill ordered to enrollment. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Page 3446.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 2600.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 21. Page 2439.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 21). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services by unanimous consent. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-06** From printer. May be heard in committee February 5.
- **1999-01-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79413daf-4368-4e80-9b76-6417d68a3190`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).