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Authors Jackson  
Subject Childcare: Early Childhood Policy Council.
Relating To relating to childcare.
Title An act to amend Section 10320 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to childcare.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-03
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Status Chaptered
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2025-10-03     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-03     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-22     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-10     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3187.).
2025-09-08     Ordered to the unfinished business file.
2025-09-08     In Assembly.
2025-09-08     Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-09-04     Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-04     In Senate. Held at Desk.
2025-09-04     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2521.).
2025-09-04     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-02     Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-08-29     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-18     In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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.
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.
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.
2025-06-11     Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and ED.
2025-06-03     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1838.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-14     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
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.
2025-04-21     Re-referred to Com. on ED.
2025-04-10     Read second time and amended.
2025-04-09     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8).
2025-03-17     In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-03     Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and ED.
2025-02-13     From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2025-02-12     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-03
Enrolled     2025-09-12
Amended Senate     2025-06-23
Amended Assembly     2025-04-10
Introduced     2025-02-12
Analyses TBD
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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.

This bill would require the above-described report to include, at a minimum, the successes, challenges, and gaps in the state’s early childhood education systems and recommendations to facilitate advancing the state’s vision for children, families, and communities. The bill would require the council to annually submit the report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature. The bill would also require the council to develop policy proposals and budget requests for the Legislature to consider related to facility needs, workforce needs, and family access.