--- type: "Bill" title: "Crisis nurseries." description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Social Services of crisis nurseries, as defined. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. Existing law authorizes crisis nurseries to provide nonmedical 24-hour residential care and supervision for children under 6 years of age who are voluntarily placed by a parent or legal guardian due to a family crisis or stressful situation for no more than 30 days." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "AB 2228" citation: "California AB 2228 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Crisis nurseries."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cooley"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2014-02-20" last_action: "2014-09-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b20134a0-56fa-45f2-bcfb-18e620f0c1ec" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2228" source_hash: "db87bdaa77bdc569c05a9f1bce9802a21d73a724b502c392a07696774624d077" 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 2228 (20132014) — Crisis nurseries. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Social Services of crisis nurseries, as defined. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. Existing law authorizes crisis nurseries to provide nonmedical 24-hour residential care and supervision for children under 6 years of age who are voluntarily placed by a parent or legal guardian due to a family crisis or stressful situation for no more than 30 days. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2228&version=20130AB222899INT) 2. **05/07/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2228&version=20130AB222898AMD) 3. **08/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2228&version=20130AB222897AMD) 4. **08/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2228&version=20130AB222896AMD) 5. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2228&version=20130AB222894CHP) 6. **AB2228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2228) 7. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2228&version=20130AB222895ENR) ## Votes - AB 2228 COOLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2228 COOLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **4–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB2228 Cooley By Beall — **34–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Cooley — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. - **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee` - **2014-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2014-05-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2014-05-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2014-05-21** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5202.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee` - **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2014-08-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2014-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-08-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2014-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-08-13** From consent calendar. - **2014-08-13** Ordered to third reading. - **2014-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4828.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2014-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6444.) - **2014-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6475.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 735, Statutes of 2014. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b20134a0-56fa-45f2-bcfb-18e620f0c1ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).