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Bill	Preschool data: data collection.	The Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs, including, but not limited to, part-day and full-day age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate programs for 3- and 4-year-old children. Existing law authorizes a school district or charter school to maintain a transitional kindergarten program, defined as the first year of a 2-year kindergarten program that uses a modified kindergarten curriculum that is age and developmentally appropriate. Existing law requires a school district or charter school, as a condition of receipt of apportionment for pupils in a transitional kindergarten program, to admit children who meet certain age requirements, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 22	California AB 22 (20212022)	bill	Preschool data: data collection.	enacted	McCarty	13	40	11	2020-12-07	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/ad92ea57-b94e-4e16-af1a-52f169bb2e69	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB22	92bfb3a0e3f4bd7d57c45217942739e5ca51a2af648423cc963ed6d364eb967a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 22 (20212022) — Preschool data: data collection.

The Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs, including, but not limited to, part-day and full-day age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate programs for 3- and 4-year-old children. Existing law authorizes a school district or charter school to maintain a transitional kindergarten program, defined as the first year of a 2-year kindergarten program that uses a modified kindergarten curriculum that is age and developmentally appropriate. Existing law requires a school district or charter school, as a condition of receipt of apportionment for pupils in a transitional kindergarten program, to admit children who meet certain age requirements, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/03/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/29/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/12/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/13/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/01/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/02/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/16/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
12. AB22 (committee substitute) — source
13. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 22 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 22 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB22 McCarty By Limón — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Human Services] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McCarty — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-12-08 From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-02-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-04-08 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-12 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1841.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-16 Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-08-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-23 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 In committee: Held under submission.
• 2022-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2022-06-14 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2022-06-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-08 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 901, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad92ea57-b94e-4e16-af1a-52f169bb2e69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).