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type: "Bill"
title: "Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill."
description: "(1) The Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs. Existing law requires the Superintendent to adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the act. The act, until July 1, 2027, authorizes a California state preschool contractor operating a part-day, full-day, or both part- and full-day California state preschool program to enroll interested eligible 2-year-old children, as defined. The act, on or after July 1, 2027, prohibits a contractor from serving any 2-year-old children, unless the contractor was serving those 2-year-old children before July 1, 2027, as provided. The act requires the Superintendent to develop guidance for contractors to follow when enrolling 2-year-old children. The act requires each applicant or contracting agency to give priority for services for part-day and full-day California state preschool programs according to a specified priority order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 176"
citation: "California AB 176 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Education finance", "education omnibus trailer bill"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e820b00d-ba3e-40a5-bb48-b0fa148a68ec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB176"
source_hash: "9fd4c13876b1aa690f430659c3e4f6b63eb694135a3a2660af1a8b84e4f6f0f5"
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 176 (20232024) — Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.
(1) The Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs. Existing law requires the Superintendent to adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the act. The act, until July 1, 2027, authorizes a California state preschool contractor operating a part-day, full-day, or both part- and full-day California state preschool program to enroll interested eligible 2-year-old children, as defined. The act, on or after July 1, 2027, prohibits a contractor from serving any 2-year-old children, unless the contractor was serving those 2-year-old children before July 1, 2027, as provided. The act requires the Superintendent to develop guidance for contractors to follow when enrolling 2-year-old children. The act requires each applicant or contracting agency to give priority for services for part-day and full-day California state preschool programs according to a specified priority order.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB176&version=20230AB17699INT)
2. **02/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB176&version=20230AB17698AMD)
3. **08/24/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB176&version=20230AB17697AMD)
4. **09/30/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB176&version=20230AB17695CHP)
5. **AB176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB176)
6. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB176&version=20230AB17696ENR)
## Votes
- AB 176 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — **6014** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB176 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — **390** (pass) · upper
- AB 176 Budget Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — **732** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Committee on Budget — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** 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`
- **2023-02-02** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 732.)
- **2023-03-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-03-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 866.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-08-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-08-15** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5070.)
- **2024-08-22** Senate rules suspended.
- **2024-08-22** (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 5300.)
- **2024-08-24** 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`
- **2024-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 2.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 998, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e820b00d-ba3e-40a5-bb48-b0fa148a68ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).