republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2466.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster children."
description: "Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster children in various placement settings, and governs the provision of child welfare services, which is defined to mean public social services that are directed toward the accomplishment of specified purposes, including protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families, and restoring to their families children who have been removed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2466"
citation: "California AB 2466 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d135ed6-a0fe-440e-94d0-2f5e8b3facd9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2466"
source_hash: "0925d5ee98c7c60eabb9295afd33e00c6f382ca6025a97d5ef66b501a939d013"
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 2466 (20212022) — Foster children.

Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster children in various placement settings, and governs the provision of child welfare services, which is defined to mean public social services that are directed toward the accomplishment of specified purposes, including protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families, and restoring to their families children who have been removed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2466&version=20210AB246699INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2466&version=20210AB246698AMD)
3. **06/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2466&version=20210AB246697AMD)
4. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2466&version=20210AB246695CHP)
5. **AB2466** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2466)
6. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2466&version=20210AB246696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2466 Cervantes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2466 Cervantes Assembly Third Reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2466 Cervantes By Laird — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cervantes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-24** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** 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`
- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 4694.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4941.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-23** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
- **2022-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6078.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 967, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d135ed6-a0fe-440e-94d0-2f5e8b3facd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).