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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Childcare: dual language learners."
+description: "Existing law, the Early Education Act, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program. Existing law requires the Superintendent to develop procedures for state preschool contractors to identify and report data on dual language learners enrolled in a preschool program. Existing law requires these procedures, at minimum, to include a distribution and collection of a family language instrument, as specified, and a family language and interest interview. Existing law requires the reported data to include, among other things, a child's home language and the language composition of the program staff."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 393"
+citation: "California AB 393 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Childcare", "dual language learners"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Luz Rivas"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2023-02-02"
+last_action: "2023-10-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f66c3ba5-d36c-461a-8424-6106314824e3"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393"
+source_hash: "c790f1dd945e39ad03afbe8721fae3422ea818ea47dfddba7ca43ada57be8740"
+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 393 (20232024) — Childcare: dual language learners.
+
+Existing law, the Early Education Act, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program. Existing law requires the Superintendent to develop procedures for state preschool contractors to identify and report data on dual language learners enrolled in a preschool program. Existing law requires these procedures, at minimum, to include a distribution and collection of a family language instrument, as specified, and a family language and interest interview. Existing law requires the reported data to include, among other things, a child's home language and the language composition of the program staff.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/02/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39399INT)
+2. **06/21/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39398AMD)
+3. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39397AMD)
+4. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39396AMD)
+5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39394CHP)
+6. **AB393** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393)
+7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39395ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 393 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 393 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading AB393 Luz Rivas et al. By Limón — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Luz Rivas — primary (person)
+- Arambula — coauthor (person)
+- Calderon — coauthor (person)
+- Garcia — coauthor (person)
+- Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
+- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
+- Ting — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
+- **2023-02-09** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and ED. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30** Coauthors revised.
+- **2023-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2023-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1975.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-14** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and ED. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-21** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2662.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
+- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3417.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 435, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f66c3ba5-d36c-461a-8424-6106314824e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+