republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-176.md

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Bill	Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.	(1) The Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs. Existing law requires the Superintendent to adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the act. The act, until July 1, 2027, authorizes a California state preschool contractor operating a part-day, full-day, or both part- and full-day California state preschool program to enroll interested eligible 2-year-old children, as defined. The act, on or after July 1, 2027, prohibits a contractor from serving any 2-year-old children, unless the contractor was serving those 2-year-old children before July 1, 2027, as provided. The act requires the Superintendent to develop guidance for contractors to follow when enrolling 2-year-old children. The act requires each applicant or contracting agency to give priority for services for part-day and full-day California state preschool programs according to a specified priority order.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 176	California AB 176 (20232024)	bill appropriation	Education finance education omnibus trailer bill	enacted	Committee on Budget	6	29	4	2023-01-09	2024-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/e820b00d-ba3e-40a5-bb48-b0fa148a68ec	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB176	9fd4c13876b1aa690f430659c3e4f6b63eb694135a3a2660af1a8b84e4f6f0f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 176 (20232024) — Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.

(1) The Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs. Existing law requires the Superintendent to adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the act. The act, until July 1, 2027, authorizes a California state preschool contractor operating a part-day, full-day, or both part- and full-day California state preschool program to enroll interested eligible 2-year-old children, as defined. The act, on or after July 1, 2027, prohibits a contractor from serving any 2-year-old children, unless the contractor was serving those 2-year-old children before July 1, 2027, as provided. The act requires the Superintendent to develop guidance for contractors to follow when enrolling 2-year-old children. The act requires each applicant or contracting agency to give priority for services for part-day and full-day California state preschool programs according to a specified priority order.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/24/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB176 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 176 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — 60–14 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB176 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 176 Budget Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — 73–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Budget — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
• 2023-01-26 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2023-02-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-02-02 Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 732.)
• 2023-03-20 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2023-03-20 Ordered to second reading.
• 2023-03-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 866.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-03-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-04-12 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
• 2024-06-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-06-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-06-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-08-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-08-15 Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5070.)
• 2024-08-22 Senate rules suspended.
• 2024-08-22 (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 5300.)
• 2024-08-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 2.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2024-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 998, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e820b00d-ba3e-40a5-bb48-b0fa148a68ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).