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Bill	Childcare: dual language learners.	Existing law, the Early Education Act, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program. Existing law requires the Superintendent to develop procedures for state preschool contractors to identify and report data on dual language learners enrolled in a preschool program. Existing law requires these procedures, at minimum, to include a distribution and collection of a family language instrument, as specified, and a family language and interest interview. Existing law requires the reported data to include, among other things, a child's home language and the language composition of the program staff.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 393	California AB 393 (20232024)	bill	Childcare dual language learners	enacted	Luz Rivas	7	28	10	2023-02-02	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/f66c3ba5-d36c-461a-8424-6106314824e3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393	c790f1dd945e39ad03afbe8721fae3422ea818ea47dfddba7ca43ada57be8740	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 393 (20232024) — Childcare: dual language learners.

Existing law, the Early Education Act, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program. Existing law requires the Superintendent to develop procedures for state preschool contractors to identify and report data on dual language learners enrolled in a preschool program. Existing law requires these procedures, at minimum, to include a distribution and collection of a family language instrument, as specified, and a family language and interest interview. Existing law requires the reported data to include, among other things, a child's home language and the language composition of the program staff.

Version chain

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

1. 02/02/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/21/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB393 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 393 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 393 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB393 Luz Rivas et al. By Limón — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Luz Rivas — primary (person)
• Arambula — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-03 From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
• 2023-02-09 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and ED. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 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
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1975.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and ED. referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 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
• 2023-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). 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 7. Noes 0.) (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
• 2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2662.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3417.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 435, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f66c3ba5-d36c-461a-8424-6106314824e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).