republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-274.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care and development services."
description: "(1) The Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Education, provides that children up to 13 years of age are eligible, with certain requirements, for child care and development services. The act requires the department to contract with local contracting agencies to provide for alternative payment programs, and authorizes alternative payment programs for services provided in licensed centers and family day care homes and for other types of programs that conform to applicable law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 274"
citation: "California AB 274 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child care and development services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonilla"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2013-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af9fa6f2-76d3-43e8-be34-64b67a1e079f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB274"
source_hash: "e2ec97509cbe892700884cc8e676809a7a23a66a21b3f613c25ab2ee479bc8d3"
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 274 (20132014) — Child care and development services.

(1) The Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Education, provides that children up to 13 years of age are eligible, with certain requirements, for child care and development services. The act requires the department to contract with local contracting agencies to provide for alternative payment programs, and authorizes alternative payment programs for services provided in licensed centers and family day care homes and for other types of programs that conform to applicable law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB274&version=20130AB27499INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB274&version=20130AB27498AMD)
3. **04/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB274&version=20130AB27497AMD)
4. **04/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB274&version=20130AB27496AMD)
5. **05/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB274&version=20130AB27495AMD)
6. **07/09/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB274&version=20130AB27494AMD)
7. **08/27/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB274&version=20130AB27493AMD)
8. **10/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB274&version=20130AB27491CHP)
9. **AB274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB274)
10. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB274&version=20130AB27492ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 274 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB274 Bonilla By Liu — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 274 BONILLA Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonilla — primary (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Ian Calderon — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1738.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2105.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2917.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 733, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af9fa6f2-76d3-43e8-be34-64b67a1e079f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).