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Bill	Childcare and development services: eligibility.	Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, requires the department to administer childcare and development programs that offer a full range of services to eligible children from infancy to 13 years of age, inclusive. Under the act, upon establishing initial eligibility or ongoing eligibility for services, a family is considered to meet all eligibility and need requirements for those services, is required to receive those services before having their eligibility or need recertified, and shall not be required to report changes to income or other changes, for at least 24 months, except as specified. Among other exceptions, a family receiving services under a CalWORKs Stage 1, Stage 2, or Stage 3 program is considered to meet all eligibility and need requirements for those services, is required to receive those services before having their eligibility or need recertified, and shall not be required to report changes to income or other changes, for at least 12 months.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1808	California AB 1808 (20232024)	bill	Childcare and development services eligibility	enacted	Stephanie Nguyen	5	23	8	2024-01-09	2024-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/db9697c7-4be7-4cbc-b682-dd6363bec107	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1808	aec1e804bb3baaf76f2cc185e5e4585cfa4a28df78233cdffedab9d0f1349c0f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1808 (20232024) — Childcare and development services: eligibility.

Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, requires the department to administer childcare and development programs that offer a full range of services to eligible children from infancy to 13 years of age, inclusive. Under the act, upon establishing initial eligibility or ongoing eligibility for services, a family is considered to meet all eligibility and need requirements for those services, is required to receive those services before having their eligibility or need recertified, and shall not be required to report changes to income or other changes, for at least 24 months, except as specified. Among other exceptions, a family receiving services under a CalWORKs Stage 1, Stage 2, or Stage 3 program is considered to meet all eligibility and need requirements for those services, is required to receive those services before having their eligibility or need recertified, and shall not be required to report changes to income or other changes, for at least 12 months.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/06/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/22/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1808 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/03/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent AB1808 Stephanie Nguyen et By Limón — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1808 Stephanie Nguyen Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1808 Stephanie Nguyen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stephanie Nguyen — primary (person)
• Davies — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
• 2024-01-22 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2024-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5393.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2024-06-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-01 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 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 76. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 356, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db9697c7-4be7-4cbc-b682-dd6363bec107. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).