republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-210.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early childhood: childcare and education."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Early Education Act, among other things, has a purpose of supporting the cognitive and social-emotional development of all children, including children with exceptional needs. The act defines children with exceptional needs as, among other things, children who require the special attention of adults while in a childcare setting. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program, known as the California State Preschool Program. Existing law provides that a family shall be considered to meet all eligibility and need requirements for these services for not less than 12 months, shall receive those services for not less than 12 months, and shall not be required to report changes for at least 12 months, as provided. Existing law requires each state preschool program applicant or contracting agency to give priority for part-day and full-day programs according to a specified priority ranking. Existing law establishes adjustment factors to reflect the additional expense of serving full-day preschool children, including children with exceptional needs, children with severe disabilities, and dual language leaner children, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 210"
citation: "California AB 210 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Early childhood: childcare and education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ee5a5ce-17fd-4bd4-93df-e44c0d0952ef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB210"
source_hash: "b0b7a1dcc9e0fe0177563ddcdf4ab225f034dca0545d20749b249a53598265e6"
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 210 (20212022) — Early childhood: childcare and education.

(1) Existing law, the Early Education Act, among other things, has a purpose of supporting the cognitive and social-emotional development of all children, including children with exceptional needs. The act defines children with exceptional needs as, among other things, children who require the special attention of adults while in a childcare setting. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program, known as the California State Preschool Program. Existing law provides that a family shall be considered to meet all eligibility and need requirements for these services for not less than 12 months, shall receive those services for not less than 12 months, and shall not be required to report changes for at least 12 months, as provided. Existing law requires each state preschool program applicant or contracting agency to give priority for part-day and full-day programs according to a specified priority ranking. Existing law establishes adjustment factors to reflect the additional expense of serving full-day preschool children, including children with exceptional needs, children with severe disabilities, and dual language leaner children, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB210&version=20210AB21099INT)
2. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB210&version=20210AB21098AMD)
3. **06/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB210&version=20210AB21097AMD)
4. **06/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB210&version=20210AB21095CHP)
5. **AB210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB210)
6. **06/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB210&version=20210AB21096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB210 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 210 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 210 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 516.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-25** 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`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (June 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-28** Measure version as amended on June 25 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 4521.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2022-06-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2022-06-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 p.m.
- **2022-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ee5a5ce-17fd-4bd4-93df-e44c0d0952ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).