republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2778.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care facilities."
description: "Child care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2778"
citation: "California AB 2778 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child care facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89ddfb1e-a5fa-4e9a-b8f5-34a178930e7b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2778"
source_hash: "e60b3da7287c4069a7e9afa517a5b2f71a5ab822590432e19567f812b6d66ce1"
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 2778 (19992000) — Child care facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2778&version=19990AB277899INT)
2. **04/10/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2778&version=19990AB277898AMD)
3. **05/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2778&version=19990AB277897AMD)
4. **06/22/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2778&version=19990AB277896AMD)
5. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2778&version=19990AB277895AMD)
6. **09/20/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2778&version=19990AB277893CHP)
7. **AB2778** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2778)
8. **08/29/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2778&version=19990AB277894ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2778 Jackson By Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2778 JACKSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2778 JACKSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 548, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 8597.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 6116.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 6753.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 25). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2000-02-25** 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/89ddfb1e-a5fa-4e9a-b8f5-34a178930e7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).