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type: "Bill"
title: "Children's camps: safety and regulation."
description: "Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, generally provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, including child daycare facilities, by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law also requires the State Public Health Officer to establish rules and regulations establishing minimum standards for organized camps, defined as a site with a program and facilities established for the primary purposes of providing an outdoor group living experience with social, spiritual, educational, or recreational objectives, for 5 days or more during one or more seasons of the year, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 262"
citation: "California AB 262 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's camps", "safety and regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 41
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e26178ed-0665-44cd-90d1-ffaa3ff8bf45"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB262"
source_hash: "2cad09568dd43a89661920b82690d68afa317080035afa2d2966773d420de43c"
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 262 (20232024) — Children's camps: safety and regulation.
Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, generally provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, including child daycare facilities, by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law also requires the State Public Health Officer to establish rules and regulations establishing minimum standards for organized camps, defined as a site with a program and facilities established for the primary purposes of providing an outdoor group living experience with social, spiritual, educational, or recreational objectives, for 5 days or more during one or more seasons of the year, except as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/19/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB262&version=20230AB26299INT)
2. **03/15/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB262&version=20230AB26298AMD)
3. **04/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB262&version=20230AB26297AMD)
4. **08/08/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB262&version=20230AB26295AMD)
5. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB262&version=20230AB26296AMD)
6. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB262&version=20230AB26293CHP)
7. **AB262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB262)
8. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB262&version=20230AB26294ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **50** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB262 Holden By Alvarado-Gil — **335** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **150** (pass) · lower
- AB 262 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **760** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB262 Holden By Hurtado — **336** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · lower
- AB 262 Holden Assembly Third Reading — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Holden — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-04-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-04-18** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1749.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 2403.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-11** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Holden.
- **2024-06-17** From inactive file.
- **2024-06-17** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2024-06-17** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2024-08-08** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-05** 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 341, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e26178ed-0665-44cd-90d1-ffaa3ff8bf45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).