republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-212.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Fostering Connections to Success Act."
description: "Existing law, the California Fostering Connections to Success Act, revises and expands the scope of various programs relating to the provision of cash assistance and other services to and for the benefit of certain foster and adopted children, and other children who have been placed in out-of-home care, including children who receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) , Adoption Assistance Program, California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) , and Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) benefits. Among other provisions, the act extends specified foster care benefits to youth up to 19, 20, and 21 years of age, if specified conditions are met, commencing January 1, 2012."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 212"
citation: "California AB 212 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Fostering Connections to Success Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-01-31"
last_action: "2011-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c93bf2f3-99c3-4a61-b52f-3ff54fd2ac52"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB212"
source_hash: "8171d825b69906cd82b6cb7750affa423cabf8fc45791350713dbe774ec46c80"
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 212 (20112012) — California Fostering Connections to Success Act.

Existing law, the California Fostering Connections to Success Act, revises and expands the scope of various programs relating to the provision of cash assistance and other services to and for the benefit of certain foster and adopted children, and other children who have been placed in out-of-home care, including children who receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) , Adoption Assistance Program, California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) , and Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) benefits. Among other provisions, the act extends specified foster care benefits to youth up to 19, 20, and 21 years of age, if specified conditions are met, commencing January 1, 2012.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB212&version=20110AB21299INT)
2. **03/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB212&version=20110AB21298AMD)
3. **06/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB212&version=20110AB21297AMD)
4. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB212&version=20110AB21296AMD)
5. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB212&version=20110AB21295AMD)
6. **10/04/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB212&version=20110AB21293CHP)
7. **AB212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB212)
8. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB212&version=20110AB21294ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 212 BEALL Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB212 Beall By Emmerson Urgency Clause — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 212 BEALL Concurrence - Urgency Added — **71–7** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1568.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2208.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-06** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 7. Page 2902.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 459, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c93bf2f3-99c3-4a61-b52f-3ff54fd2ac52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).