republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-753.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Childcare: facility licensure: teacher requirements."
description: "Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, requires the department to administer childcare and development programs that offer a full range of services to eligible children from infancy to 13 years of age, inclusive."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 753"
citation: "California AB 753 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Childcare", "facilitylicensure", "teacherrequirements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07003841-cbc7-478e-950b-5c3a169d88d5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB753"
source_hash: "392dd896dffca0269ec3b2f5be494858b0f94e0f9015f01342fcdfdc0078ec9f"
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 753 (20252026) — Childcare: facility licensure: teacher requirements.

Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, requires the department to administer childcare and development programs that offer a full range of services to eligible children from infancy to 13 years of age, inclusive.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB753&version=20250AB75399INT)
2. **03/27/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB753&version=20250AB75398AMD)
3. **04/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB753&version=20250AB75397AMD)
4. **08/19/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB753&version=20250AB75396AMD)
5. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB753&version=20250AB75395AMD)
6. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB753&version=20250AB75393CHP)
7. **AB753** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB753)
8. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB753&version=20250AB75394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 753 Garcia Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB753 Garcia By Reyes Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 753 Garcia Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2025-04-10** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1662.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2025-08-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-25** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-09-03** From special consent calendar.
- **2025-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2730.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-10** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3201.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 165, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07003841-cbc7-478e-950b-5c3a169d88d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).