republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-812.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care: contracts: termination and suspension."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Education to apply sanctions against contracting agencies that have serious licensing violations, as defined and reported by the State Department of Social Services and provide 90 days' written notification to any contractor whose agreement is being terminated, unless there is imminent danger to the health and welfare of children if agency operation is not terminated promptly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 812"
citation: "California AB 812 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child care: contracts: termination and suspension."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efa22999-2f97-4a22-b38a-ee1fef2ed0a3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB812"
source_hash: "42212931481750a587740a5c55b5e45df2c79169dae84f3fc0e16f26a3b8cef6"
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 812 (20132014) — Child care: contracts: termination and suspension.

(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Education to apply sanctions against contracting agencies that have serious licensing violations, as defined and reported by the State Department of Social Services and provide 90 days' written notification to any contractor whose agreement is being terminated, unless there is imminent danger to the health and welfare of children if agency operation is not terminated promptly.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB812&version=20130AB81299INT)
2. **04/22/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB812&version=20130AB81298AMD)
3. **05/07/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB812&version=20130AB81297AMD)
4. **05/15/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB812&version=20130AB81296AMD)
5. **06/26/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB812&version=20130AB81295AMD)
6. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB812&version=20130AB81293CHP)
7. **AB812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB812)
8. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB812&version=20130AB81294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 812 MITCHELL Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 812 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** 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`
- **2013-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1761.) `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`
- **2013-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1844.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2585.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 249, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efa22999-2f97-4a22-b38a-ee1fef2ed0a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).