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AB-563 • 2026

Childcare: Early Childhood Policy Council.

Childcare: Early Childhood Policy Council.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Jackson
Last action
2025-10-03
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Childcare: Early Childhood Policy Council

This law requires the Early Childhood Policy Council to include specific information in their annual report about successes, challenges, and gaps in early childhood education systems, and to develop policy proposals for the Legislature.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the council's annual report to list successes, challenges, and gaps in early childhood education.
  • Includes recommendations on how to improve the state’s vision for children, families, and communities.
  • Needs the council to submit their report each year to certain committees of the Legislature.
  • Asks the council to create policy proposals and budget requests related to facility needs, workforce needs, and family access.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Early Childhood Policy Council
  • Governor, Legislature, and State Department of Social Services

Terms To Know

Early Childhood Policy Council
A group that advises on early learning and care policies for the state.
Facility needs
The requirements for physical spaces needed to provide childcare services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how the council will gather information for their report.
  • Does not detail what specific recommendations must be included in the policy proposals and budget requests.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-03 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-03 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-22 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. 2025-09-10 California Legislative Information

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3187.).

  5. 2025-09-08 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to the unfinished business file.

  6. 2025-09-08 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly.

  7. 2025-09-08 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to the Assembly.

  8. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Held at Desk.

  9. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to the Senate.

  10. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  11. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2521.).

  12. 2025-09-02 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  13. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

  15. 2025-08-18 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

  16. 2025-07-09 California Legislative Information

    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.

  17. 2025-07-01 California Legislative Information

    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.

  18. 2025-06-23 California Legislative Information

    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.

  19. 2025-06-11 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and ED.

  20. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  21. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1838.)

  22. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  23. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

  24. 2025-05-14 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

  25. 2025-05-01 California Legislative Information

    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.

  26. 2025-04-21 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  27. 2025-04-10 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended.

  28. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8).

  29. 2025-03-17 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  30. 2025-03-03 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and ED.

  31. 2025-02-13 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  32. 2025-02-12 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 563, Jackson.
Childcare: Early Childhood Policy Council.
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.

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