Relative to Foster Care Month.
Summary
This measure would recognize the month of May 2018 as Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children, and particularly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, face in the foster care system, as specified.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2018
Committee Review
May 2018
Senate Passage
May 2018
Assembly Passage
May 2018
Signed into Law
May 2018
Introduced Apr 26, 2018
Signed May 29, 2018
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2018
How they voted
32–2
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 39
May 7, 2018
D
Democratic26
100% Yea
R
Republican13
46% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
2
May 29, 2018
Introduced
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3 p.m.
legislature
May 17, 2018
Lower · Passed
Read. Adopted. (Page 5212.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 14, 2018
Lower · Passed
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 14).
lower
May 10, 2018
Committee
Referred to Com. on RLS.
lower
May 7, 2018
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-2-5)
senate
May 7, 2018
Upper · Passed
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 4967.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
May 2, 2018
Upper · Passed
From committee: Ordered to third reading.
upper
Apr 26, 2018
Introduced
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
1 primary · 51 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ricardo Lara
DDemocratic
Co
Adrin Nazarian
DDemocratic
Co
Anthony Rendon
DDemocratic
Co
Ash Kalra
DDemocratic
Co
Autumn R. Burke
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Quirk
DDemocratic
Co
BM
Brian Maienschein
DDemocratic
Co
Catharine B. Baker
RRepublican
Co
Cathleen Galgiani
DDemocratic
Co
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
DDemocratic
Co
Chad Mayes
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