Existing law establishes a system of childcare and development services, administered by the State Department of Social Services, for children from infancy to 13 years of age. Existing federal law establishes the Child Care and Development Fund authorized under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 and administered by states to provide assistance to low-income families who need childcare due to specified reasons. Existing federal law requires a portion of those funds to be used to disseminate information on existing resources for developmental screenings and descriptions of how a family may utilize those resources to obtain developmental screenings. Existing law authorizes, upon departmental approval, the use of appropriated funds for alternative payment programs to allow for maximum parental choice. Existing law authorizes the reimbursement to those programs for the cost of child care paid to child care providers and the administrative and support services costs of the alternative program.
California SB 1112 (20232024) — Childcare: alternative payment programs.
Existing law establishes a system of childcare and development services, administered by the State Department of Social Services, for children from infancy to 13 years of age. Existing federal law establishes the Child Care and Development Fund authorized under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 and administered by states to provide assistance to low-income families who need childcare due to specified reasons. Existing federal law requires a portion of those funds to be used to disseminate information on existing resources for developmental screenings and descriptions of how a family may utilize those resources to obtain developmental screenings. Existing law authorizes, upon departmental approval, the use of appropriated funds for alternative payment programs to allow for maximum parental choice. Existing law authorizes the reimbursement to those programs for the cost of child care paid to child care providers and the administrative and support services costs of the alternative program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1112 Menjivar Senate Third Reading By Stephanie Nguyen — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent SB1112 Menjivar et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Human Services] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1112 Menjivar et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Menjivar — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
2024-02-21 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUMAN S. referral-committee
2024-03-01 Set for hearing March 20.
2024-03-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3380.) (March 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-03-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-04 Set for hearing April 15.
2024-04-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3606.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-22 Set for hearing April 29.
2024-04-29 April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2024-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3972.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4210.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUM. S. referral-committee
2024-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6896.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5736.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1016, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8800c29-b2a9-4318-b101-383203f110e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).