---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care."
description: "Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to establish a trustline registry for trustline providers who meet prescribed requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 222"
citation: "California AB 222 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-04"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ef642b5-1a1d-4eee-93eb-204188070c34"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222"
source_hash: "6add68d1357243ad979eee259c1f9d0e456f3ee98f12374f1d2d61333be8cf28"
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 222 (20092010) — Child care.

Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to establish a trustline registry for trustline providers who meet prescribed requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222&version=20090AB22299INT)
2. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222&version=20090AB22298AMD)
3. **05/05/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222&version=20090AB22297AMD)
4. **05/28/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222&version=20090AB22296AMD)
5. **07/08/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222&version=20090AB22295AMD)
6. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222&version=20090AB22294AMD)
7. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222&version=20090AB22293AMD)
8. **08/30/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222&version=20090AB22292AMD)
9. **08/31/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222&version=20090AB22291AMD)
10. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222&version=20090AB22289CHP)
11. **AB222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222)
12. **09/13/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB222&version=20090AB22290ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE AB222 Adams By DeSaulnier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 222 Adams Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 222 ADAMS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- DeSaulnier — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2009-04-13** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-05** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1737.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 13. Page 1821.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on EQ. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on EQ. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-07-16** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-30** Joint Rules 61(b)(15) and 61(b)(16) suspended. (Page 5010.)
- **2010-08-30** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended.
- **2010-08-30** (Page 5010.)
- **2010-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-31** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 5086.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 6952.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 431, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ef642b5-1a1d-4eee-93eb-204188070c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).