republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-140.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early childcare and education."
description: "Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, establishes a system of childcare and development services for children up to 13 years of age. Existing law, the Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs, including, but not limited to, part-day and full-day developmentally and age-appropriate programs for 3- and 4-year-old children. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to coordinate with the State Department of Education and others to develop the state plan for purposes of the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "California SB 140 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Early childcare and education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbf3b4c2-4dff-44a2-911b-c6b4f1608803"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB140"
source_hash: "f7a46a88de161bff6acbb9fb9ec07eb5192764c246dee59012b81a36f086ec1f"
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 SB 140 (20232024) — Early childcare and education.

Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, establishes a system of childcare and development services for children up to 13 years of age. Existing law, the Early Education Act, among other things, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer all California state preschool programs, including, but not limited to, part-day and full-day developmentally and age-appropriate programs for 3- and 4-year-old children. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to coordinate with the State Department of Education and others to develop the state plan for purposes of the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) .

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB140&version=20230SB14099INT)
2. **08/28/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB140&version=20230SB14098AMD)
3. **09/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB140&version=20230SB14096CHP)
4. **SB140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB140)
5. **09/13/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB140&version=20230SB14097ENR)

## Votes

- SB 140 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By TING — **61–10** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB140 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB140 B. & F.R. — **29–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 357.)
- **2023-03-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 498.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-06** Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
- **2023-09-06** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 2953.)
- **2023-09-06** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 10. Page 3105.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2570.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2023-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 193, 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/fbf3b4c2-4dff-44a2-911b-c6b4f1608803`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).