California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 154 — Adoption assistance: federal law.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 222, Statutes of 2009.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2009. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under existing law, the State Department of Social Services is required to provide assistance to families adopting children from the foster care system. Payments may be made for ongoing expenses or for one-time adoption expenses, as provided. Existing law requires the department to actively seek and make maximum use of federal funds that may be available for those purposes. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to conform state statutes with specified federal legislation and to expend savings resulting from changes in eligibility for adoption assistance on specified services. Existing law also requires the department or the licensed adoption agency to disclose specified information to prospective adoptive families. This bill would add to those disclosure requirements that the department or licensed adoption agency inform the prospective adoptive family of their potential eligibility for a federal and state tax credit. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 16119 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, proposed by S.B. 597, to be operative only if S.B. 597 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2010, and this bill is chaptered last.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 222, Statutes of 2009.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3184.)

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3152.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2204.)

  8. Read second time. To third reading.

  9. Read third time, amended. To second reading.

  10. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.

  12. Read second time. To third reading.

  13. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  14. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23).

  15. Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  17. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1868.)

  18. Read second time. To third reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28).

  20. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  21. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.

  23. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. Read second time and amended.

  25. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 24).

  26. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  27. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.

  28. Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  29. Read first time.

  30. From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.

  31. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Evans · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Evans

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 154 EVANS Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 90 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 84001
Democratic 3000
Republican 3000
Total 90001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Charles — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Eng — Yea
Duvall — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Villines — Yea
Adams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bass — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hill — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Tran — Yea
Cook — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Coto — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB154 Evans By Liu

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37001
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 40001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Harman — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Huff — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Romero — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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AB 154 EVANS Assembly Third Reading

Passed 91 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 85001
Democratic 3000
Republican 3000
Total 91001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Adams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Carter — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Eng — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Charles — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Price — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Audra — Yea
Bass — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Block — Not Voting
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Huber — Yea
Knight — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Feuer — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 22 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 20000
Democratic 1000
Republican 1000
Total 22000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Davis — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Price — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Miller — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 154 do?
Under existing law, the State Department of Social Services is required to provide assistance to families adopting children from the foster care system. Payments may be made for ongoing expenses or for one-time adoption expenses, as provided. Existing law requires the department to actively seek and make maximum use of federal funds that may be available for those purposes. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to conform state statutes with specified federal legislation and to expend savings resulting from changes in eligibility for adoption assistance on specified services. Existing law also requires the department or the licensed adoption agency to disclose specified information to prospective adoptive families. This bill would add to those disclosure requirements that the department or licensed adoption agency inform the prospective adoptive family of their potential eligibility for a federal and state tax credit. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 16119 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, proposed by S.B. 597, to be operative only if S.B. 597 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2010, and this bill is chaptered last.
Who sponsors AB 154?
AB 154 is sponsored by Evans.
What is the current status of AB 154?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2009. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 154?
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