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type: "Bill"
title: "Childcare: dual language learners."
description: "Existing law, the Early Education Act, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program. Existing law requires the Superintendent to develop procedures for state preschool contractors to identify and report data on dual language learners enrolled in a preschool program. Existing law requires these procedures, at minimum, to include a distribution and collection of a family language instrument, as specified, and a family language and interest interview. Existing law requires the reported data to include, among other things, a child's home language and the language composition of the program staff."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 393"
citation: "California AB 393 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Childcare", "dual language learners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luz Rivas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f66c3ba5-d36c-461a-8424-6106314824e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393"
source_hash: "c790f1dd945e39ad03afbe8721fae3422ea818ea47dfddba7ca43ada57be8740"
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 393 (20232024) — Childcare: dual language learners.
Existing law, the Early Education Act, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program. Existing law requires the Superintendent to develop procedures for state preschool contractors to identify and report data on dual language learners enrolled in a preschool program. Existing law requires these procedures, at minimum, to include a distribution and collection of a family language instrument, as specified, and a family language and interest interview. Existing law requires the reported data to include, among other things, a child's home language and the language composition of the program staff.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/02/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39399INT)
2. **06/21/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39398AMD)
3. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39397AMD)
4. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39396AMD)
5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39394CHP)
6. **AB393** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393)
7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB393&version=20230AB39395ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **50** (pass) · upper
- AB 393 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **800** (pass) · lower
- AB 393 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — **800** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **60** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **80** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB393 Luz Rivas et al. By Limón — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **150** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Luz Rivas — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1975.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2662.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3417.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 435, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f66c3ba5-d36c-461a-8424-6106314824e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).