republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2311.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care and development services."
description: "Child care and development services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2311"
citation: "California AB 2311 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child care and development services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3de322e-67ee-45e8-8666-1cd3c6aafefb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2311"
source_hash: "92da319786d2e84fafb5f2e90ac83bf6ab1a8b0a03ed666dd0918d4a4d211c1a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2311 (20012002) — Child care and development services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2311&version=20010AB231199INT)
2. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2311&version=20010AB231198AMD)
3. **04/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2311&version=20010AB231197AMD)
4. **06/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2311&version=20010AB231196AMD)
5. **06/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2311&version=20010AB231195AMD)
6. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2311&version=20010AB231194AMD)
7. **09/09/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2311&version=20010AB231192CHP)
8. **AB2311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2311)
9. **08/24/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2311&version=20010AB231193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2311 Chu Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2311 Chu By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health and Human Services Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2311 Chu Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 435, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 8038.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5570.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-28** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6349.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3de322e-67ee-45e8-8666-1cd3c6aafefb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).