---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care and development."
description: "Child care and development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 212"
citation: "California AB 212 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child care and development."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-01-25"
last_action: "2000-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07376de7-74e3-46e3-acfc-9d97a307e113"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB212"
source_hash: "a6d2209b08a04546e8a6a7a30866c69abff9e81e2ebb4ec443223c50eec9b76a"
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 212 (19992000) — Child care and development.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB212&version=19990AB21299INT)
2. **03/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB212&version=19990AB21296AMD)
3. **04/12/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB212&version=19990AB21298AMD)
4. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB212&version=19990AB21297AMD)
5. **08/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB212&version=19990AB21295AMD)
6. **09/20/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB212&version=19990AB21293CHP)
7. **AB212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB212)
8. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB212&version=19990AB21294ENR)

## Votes

- AB 212 ARONER THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB212 Aroner By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 212 ARONER CONCURRENCE BY SHELLEY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 547, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 8840.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 6293.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-07** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-03-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 27. Page 2287.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **1999-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07376de7-74e3-46e3-acfc-9d97a307e113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).