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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Foster care: resource families."
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description: "(1) Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings. Existing law provides for the implementation of the resource family approval process and defines a resource family as an individual or family who has successfully met both the home environment assessment standards and permanency assessment criteria, as specified, necessary for providing care for a child placed by a public or private child placement agency by court order, or voluntarily placed by a parent or legal guardian. Under existing law, the resource family permanency standards include a family evaluation, including, but not limited to, interviews of an applicant, as specified, and a risk assessment."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 407"
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citation: "California SB 407 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Foster care", "resource families"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2023-02-09"
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last_action: "2023-09-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4465267e-46fc-4d7c-bcb1-cdd56851cbfd"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB407"
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source_hash: "0eeba8e1cafd838a61a339e30e0e4b2a47e48dfeb2ed52aa612c688729486669"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 407 (20232024) — Foster care: resource families.
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(1) Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings. Existing law provides for the implementation of the resource family approval process and defines a resource family as an individual or family who has successfully met both the home environment assessment standards and permanency assessment criteria, as specified, necessary for providing care for a child placed by a public or private child placement agency by court order, or voluntarily placed by a parent or legal guardian. Under existing law, the resource family permanency standards include a family evaluation, including, but not limited to, interviews of an applicant, as specified, and a risk assessment.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB407&version=20230SB40799INT)
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2. **03/16/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB407&version=20230SB40798AMD)
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3. **04/27/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB407&version=20230SB40797AMD)
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4. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB407&version=20230SB40796AMD)
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5. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB407&version=20230SB40795AMD)
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6. **09/23/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB407&version=20230SB40793CHP)
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7. **SB407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB407)
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8. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB407&version=20230SB40794ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB407 Wiener et al. Concurrence — **32–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **3–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- SB 407 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Ward — **61–14** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB407 Wiener et al. — **31–5** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wiener — primary (person)
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- Lee — coauthor (person)
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- Low — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-11** Set for hearing April 17.
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- **2023-04-12** Set for hearing April 25 in JUD. pending receipt.
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- **2023-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 748.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 893.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02** Set for hearing May 8.
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- **2023-05-08** May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1169.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 1254.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
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- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 3429.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2842.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2023-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 226, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4465267e-46fc-4d7c-bcb1-cdd56851cbfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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