---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unlicensed residential foster care facilities: temporary placement management."
description: "Existing law prohibits an unlicensed community care facility, as defined, from operating in the state, and prohibits a person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation within the state, or state or local public agency, from operating, establishing, managing, conducting, or maintaining a community care facility in this state, without a current, valid community care facility license. Existing law authorizes the department to assess an immediate civil penalty in the amount of $200 per day for a violation of either or both of those prohibitions, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 426"
citation: "California AB 426 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unlicensed residential foster care facilities", "temporary placement management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/973b5cd3-6439-4003-abfd-e4eb9cd69939"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB426"
source_hash: "823d1cfac0b3ab28c8096f7e887c7ead745f5e98e28465ebb772e6a34f678fe7"
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 426 (20232024) — Unlicensed residential foster care facilities: temporary placement management.

Existing law prohibits an unlicensed community care facility, as defined, from operating in the state, and prohibits a person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation within the state, or state or local public agency, from operating, establishing, managing, conducting, or maintaining a community care facility in this state, without a current, valid community care facility license. Existing law authorizes the department to assess an immediate civil penalty in the amount of $200 per day for a violation of either or both of those prohibitions, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB426&version=20230AB42699INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB426&version=20230AB42698AMD)
3. **05/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB426&version=20230AB42697AMD)
4. **06/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB426&version=20230AB42696AMD)
5. **06/28/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB426&version=20230AB42695AMD)
6. **07/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB426&version=20230AB42694AMD)
7. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB426&version=20230AB42693AMD)
8. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB426&version=20230AB42691CHP)
9. **AB426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB426)
10. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB426&version=20230AB42692ENR)

## Votes

- AB 426 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB426 Jackson By Menjivar — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 426 Jackson Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1797.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Re-referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2558.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3232.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/973b5cd3-6439-4003-abfd-e4eb9cd69939`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).