---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family day care homes."
description: "Family day care homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 529"
citation: "California AB 529 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family day care homes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4878907d-1541-431c-b146-8cf01e7448be"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB529"
source_hash: "f3a0a11bb894aacea4a929bc1dd15f176bb10b68076573a9557606de76c7fe6f"
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 529 (20032004) — Family day care homes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB529&version=20030AB52999INT)
2. **03/27/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB529&version=20030AB52998AMD)
3. **05/06/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB529&version=20030AB52997AMD)
4. **06/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB529&version=20030AB52996AMD)
5. **07/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB529&version=20030AB52995AMD)
6. **10/10/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB529&version=20030AB52993CHP)
7. **AB529** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB529)
8. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB529&version=20030AB52994ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab529 mullin by alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- ab 529 mullin assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 529 mullin concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 744, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3213.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2129.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-23** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-11** In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by Committee.
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1556.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2003-02-18** 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/4878907d-1541-431c-b146-8cf01e7448be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).