Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of day care centers by the State Department of Social Services. Existing regulations require a separate license to be issued for each component of a combination center, and establishes teacher-child ratio requirements. Existing law requires the department to develop guidelines and procedures to authorize licensed child day care centers serving infants or preschool age children to create a special optional toddler program component for children between 18 and 30 months of age, and requires the program to be considered an extension of the infant center or preschool license. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to willfully or repeatedly violate any of these provisions or a rule or regulation promulgated under these provisions.
California AB 762 (20152016) — Day care centers: toddler programs.
Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of day care centers by the State Department of Social Services. Existing regulations require a separate license to be issued for each component of a combination center, and establishes teacher-child ratio requirements. Existing law requires the department to develop guidelines and procedures to authorize licensed child day care centers serving infants or preschool age children to create a special optional toddler program component for children between 18 and 30 months of age, and requires the program to be considered an extension of the infant center or preschool license. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor to willfully or repeatedly violate any of these provisions or a rule or regulation promulgated under these provisions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 762 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
AB 762 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Mullin — primary (person)
Chávez — coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2015-04-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1924.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2015-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-18 From Consent Calendar.
2015-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2015-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2203.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2015-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2674.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2015-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 373, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a836ab8a-05f8-49d6-b26b-9dc46642c59a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).