Early childcare and education: California state preschool program.
The Early Education Act establishes the California Universal Preschool Planning Grant Program with the goal of expanding access universally to preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children across the state through a mixed-delivery system, as defined. The act requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish rules and regulations for the staffing of all preschool programs under contract with the State Department of Education.
California AB 51 (20232024) — Early childcare and education: California state preschool program.
The Early Education Act establishes the California Universal Preschool Planning Grant Program with the goal of expanding access universally to preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-old children across the state through a mixed-delivery system, as defined. The act requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish rules and regulations for the staffing of all preschool programs under contract with the State Department of Education.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 51 Bonta Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 51 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB51 Bonta et al. By Ashby — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bonta — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Ashby — coauthor (person)
Boerner — coauthor (person)
Calderon — coauthor (person)
Davies — coauthor (person)
Hart — coauthor (person)
Jackson — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Schiavo — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-12-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-12-06 From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
2022-12-09 Introduced measure version corrected. introduction
2023-03-23 Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUM. S. referral-committee
2023-03-23 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
2023-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-04-04 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
2023-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-04-10 Re-referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2023-04-12 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
2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2023-04-19 Coauthors revised.
2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-05-01 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2023-05-17 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
2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1704.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-31 Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S. referral-committee
2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-06-26 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
2023-07-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-07-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 13). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, 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
2023-09-13 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ashby.
2024-08-23 From inactive file.
2024-08-23 Ordered to second reading.
2024-08-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. 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.
2024-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
2024-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2024-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 618, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60685e63-a958-4b00-a049-90796e15fcb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).