Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill.
(1) The Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs, including, but not limited to, part-day and full-day age and developmentally appropriate programs for 3- and 4-year-old children. The act requires, from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, inclusive, at least 5% of funded enrollment to be reserved for children with exceptional needs, requires at least 7.5% of funded enrollment to be reserved for children with exceptional needs commencing July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, inclusive, and requires at least 10% of funded enrollment to be reserved for children with exceptional needs commencing July 1, 2026. On and after July 1, 2026, existing law provides that any agency that does not meet those requirements may be put on a conditional contract, as provided.
California SB 141 (20232024) — Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill.
(1) The Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs, including, but not limited to, part-day and full-day age and developmentally appropriate programs for 3- and 4-year-old children. The act requires, from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, inclusive, at least 5% of funded enrollment to be reserved for children with exceptional needs, requires at least 7.5% of funded enrollment to be reserved for children with exceptional needs commencing July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, inclusive, and requires at least 10% of funded enrollment to be reserved for children with exceptional needs commencing July 1, 2026. On and after July 1, 2026, existing law provides that any agency that does not meet those requirements may be put on a conditional contract, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 141 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By TING — 76–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading SB141 B. & F.R. — 29–8 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB141 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-01-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
2023-01-25 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
2023-03-16 Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 357.)
2023-03-16 Ordered to second reading.
2023-03-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 499.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-03-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-03-30 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2023-08-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-08-31 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-09-06 Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
2023-09-06 Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 2953.)
2023-09-06 Ordered to second reading.
2023-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3106.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2571.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2023-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 194, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd1cde25-e641-4888-8bde-8624e2492e44. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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