(1) Existing law, the Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs. The act establishes a standard reimbursement rate for both the part-day and full-day preschool programs, as provided. The act defines the term "attendance" for purposes of this reimbursement to include excused absences by children because of illness, quarantine, illness or quarantine of their parent, family emergency, or to spend time with a parent or other relative as required by a court of law or that is clearly in the best interest of the child.
California AB 150 (20252026) — Early care and education.
(1) Existing law, the Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs. The act establishes a standard reimbursement rate for both the part-day and full-day preschool programs, as provided. The act defines the term "attendance" for purposes of this reimbursement to include excused absences by children because of illness, quarantine, illness or quarantine of their parent, family emergency, or to spend time with a parent or other relative as required by a court of law or that is clearly in the best interest of the child.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 150 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — 75–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB150 Budget (Assembly Members Gabriel (Chair)) et al. By Laird — 31–0 (pass) · upper
AB 150 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — 53–17 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Budget — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-01-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-01-09 From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
2025-02-03 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
2025-03-17 Withdrawn from committee.
2025-03-17 Ordered to second reading.
2025-03-17 (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 643.)
2025-03-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 738.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-03-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-04-02 Referred to Com. on B. & F. R. referral-committee
2026-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2026-06-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2026-06-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2026-06-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-06-29 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-06-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
2026-06-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2026-06-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 25, Statutes of 2026. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/051b991a-3c27-4bb9-8c86-2dacf88e7b69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).