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Bill 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. us/states/ca California Legislature 20232024 AB 51 California AB 51 (20232024)
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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.

  1. 12/05/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/04/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 04/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 05/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 06/26/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  7. 07/13/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  8. 08/23/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  9. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  10. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  11. 09/26/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  12. AB51 (committee substitute) — source
  13. 08/31/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass. — 150 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 40 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 70 (pass) · upper
  • AB 51 Bonta Assembly Third Reading — 770 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 70 (pass) · lower
  • AB 51 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 770 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB51 Bonta et al. By Ashby — 400 (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 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
  • 2023-05-22 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).