republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2621.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child day care facilities: licensing information."
description: "Under the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, the State Department of Social Services licenses and regulates child day care facilities. Existing law requires the department, when it conducts a site visit of a licensed child day care facility, to publicly post at the facility a notice that indicates whether the facility was cited for violating any state standards or regulations. Existing law also requires each licensed child day care facility to make accessible to the public a copy of any licensing report or other public licensing document that documents a facility visit, a substantiated complaint investigation, a conference with a local licensing agency management representative and the licensee in which issues of noncompliance are discussed, or a copy of an accusation indicating the department's intent to revoke the facility's license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2621"
citation: "California AB 2621 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child day care facilities: licensing information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9d54a50-91a3-46e6-93f4-e9f9dbfbcc58"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2621"
source_hash: "4aa4cae8793dc0bae074626c107262ab5124d81c31d23b8a0899e0dd69cdcd6f"
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 2621 (20132014) — Child day care facilities: licensing information.

Under the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, the State Department of Social Services licenses and regulates child day care facilities. Existing law requires the department, when it conducts a site visit of a licensed child day care facility, to publicly post at the facility a notice that indicates whether the facility was cited for violating any state standards or regulations. Existing law also requires each licensed child day care facility to make accessible to the public a copy of any licensing report or other public licensing document that documents a facility visit, a substantiated complaint investigation, a conference with a local licensing agency management representative and the licensee in which issues of noncompliance are discussed, or a copy of an accusation indicating the department's intent to revoke the facility's license.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2621&version=20130AB262199INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2621&version=20130AB262198AMD)
3. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2621&version=20130AB262197AMD)
4. **06/26/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2621&version=20130AB262196AMD)
5. **08/13/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2621&version=20130AB262195AMD)
6. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2621&version=20130AB262193CHP)
7. **AB2621** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2621)
8. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2621&version=20130AB262194ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2621 GARCIA Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2621 Garcia By Fuller — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2621 GARCIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)
- Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — author (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-13** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5284.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4560.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-19** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6181.)
- **2014-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6190.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 474, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9d54a50-91a3-46e6-93f4-e9f9dbfbcc58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).