---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care providers."
description: "Child care providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 72"
citation: "California AB 72 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child care providers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-12-19"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12e49090-9311-4ec9-8f31-b8eaf08c6e12"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB72"
source_hash: "d974b1efece43be0522de937ffde9f001bbbac9099f7f8a3c1a8d9ea4ad5a14f"
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 72 (20032004) — Child care providers.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/19/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB72&version=20030AB7299INT)
2. **03/26/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB72&version=20030AB7298AMD)
3. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB72&version=20030AB7297AMD)
4. **05/26/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB72&version=20030AB7296AMD)
5. **06/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB72&version=20030AB7295AMD)
6. **06/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB72&version=20030AB7294AMD)
7. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB72&version=20030AB7292CHP)
8. **AB72** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB72)
9. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB72&version=20030AB7293ENR)

## Votes

- ab 72 bates concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab72 bates — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 72 bates consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, and re-refer to the committee on health and human services. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Daucher — coauthor (person)
- Denham — coauthor (person)
- La Suer — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Morrow — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Samuelian — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 358, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7149.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4858.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1986.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** 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`
- **2003-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** 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`
- **2003-01-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-06** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2002-12-20** From printer. May be heard in committee January 18.
- **2002-12-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12e49090-9311-4ec9-8f31-b8eaf08c6e12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).