---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care: eligibility."
description: "Child care: eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 905"
citation: "California AB 905 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child care: eligibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc21e9f1-f9b4-4391-ab45-cad21a6215b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB905"
source_hash: "0c465f001b0ddc703a9ccb885e1afe5b1e48e756b3879e5f598d6c103292e5d8"
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 905 (20072008) — Child care: eligibility.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB905&version=20070AB90599INT)
2. **05/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB905&version=20070AB90598AMD)
3. **07/20/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB905&version=20070AB90596CHP)
4. **AB905** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB905)
5. **07/11/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB905&version=20070AB90597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #12 AB905 Arambula — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 905 ARAMBULA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arambula — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Parra — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1621.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1726.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-07-09** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-07-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 110, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc21e9f1-f9b4-4391-ab45-cad21a6215b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).