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type: "Bill"
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title: "Childcare: Early Childhood Policy Council."
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description: "Existing law establishes the Early Childhood Policy Council to advise the Governor, the Legislature, and the State Department of Social Services on statewide early learning and care policy. Existing law imposes various duties on the council, including, among others, requiring the council to prepare a formal public annual report on the work of the council and providing specific recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature, and the department on all aspects of the state's early childhood education system."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 563"
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citation: "California AB 563 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Childcare", "EarlyChildhoodPolicyCouncil"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2025-10-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55c5ed3e-fe8a-47e4-9e7d-5f3aba8d7b78"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB563"
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source_hash: "8a467f2a858206d59714294f754de811da0a4b432b136cbcaaf2a1f375f85719"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 563 (20252026) — Childcare: Early Childhood Policy Council.
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Existing law establishes the Early Childhood Policy Council to advise the Governor, the Legislature, and the State Department of Social Services on statewide early learning and care policy. Existing law imposes various duties on the council, including, among others, requiring the council to prepare a formal public annual report on the work of the council and providing specific recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature, and the department on all aspects of the state's early childhood education system.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/12/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB563&version=20250AB56399INT)
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2. **04/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB563&version=20250AB56398AMD)
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3. **06/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB563&version=20250AB56397AMD)
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4. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB563&version=20250AB56395CHP)
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5. **AB563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB563)
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6. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB563&version=20250AB56396ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 563 Jackson Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 563 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2025-03-03** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2025-04-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1838.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-11** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-23** 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`
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- **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2025-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2521.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-04** Ordered to the Senate.
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- **2025-09-04** In Senate. Held at Desk.
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- **2025-09-08** Ordered to the Assembly.
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- **2025-09-08** In Assembly.
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- **2025-09-08** Ordered to the unfinished business file.
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- **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3187.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55c5ed3e-fe8a-47e4-9e7d-5f3aba8d7b78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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