“Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"  

Last Updated 5/9/2022

2022 State Legislation  

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CAPPA Sponsored Bill:

• *AB 1649 (Quirk-Silva) - Childcare services: alternative payment programs. FACT SHEET 
• Visit CAPPA's AB 1649 Web Page

Child care & Early Learning

• AB 92 (Reyes) - Preschool and childcare and development services: family fees.  FACT SHEET

• AB 321 (Valladares) - Childcare services: enrollment priority. FACT SHEET

• AB 1737 (Holden) - Children’s camps: local registration and inspections

• AB 2042 (Villapudua) - Anaphylaxis prevention in daycares

• AB 2131 (Mullin) - Child daycare facilities  FACT SHEET

• AB 2281 (Lackey) -  Mental Health Preschool Services Act FACT SHEET

• AB 2501 (Carrillo & McCarty) -  After school programs

• AB 2507 (McCarty & Carrillo) - Pupil instruction: the Universal Afterschool Program

• AB 2517 (Bonta) - It Takes A Village Act of 2022 FACT SHEET

• SB 246 (Leyva) - Early childhood education: reimbursement rates.

• SB 830 (Portantino) - Education finance: supplemental education funding.

• SB 854 (Skinner) - Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Act of 2022. 

• SB 976 (Leyva) - Universal Preschool FACT SHEET 

• SB 1047 (Limon) - Early Learning Services FACT SHEET

• SB 1093 (Hurtado) - Community care facilities: criminal background checks  FACT SHEET

CalWORKS

• AB 1728 (R. Rivas) - CalWORKs: welfare-to-work: exemptions  FACT SHEET

• AB 2052 (Quirk-Silva) - CalWORKs: Child Education Act of 2022  FACT SHEET

• AB 2300 (Kalra) - CalWORKs and CalFresh: work requirements

Employment

• AB 1041 (Wicks) - Employment leave

• AB 2932 (Low and C. Garcia) - Employment: 4-day workweek 

Housing/Homelessness

• AB 408 (Quirk-Silva) - Homeless children and youths: reporting.

• AB 1288 (Quirk-Silva) - Taxation: income: insurance: tax credits: low-income housing.

• AB 1945 (Aguiar-Curry) - Affordable Disaster Housing Revolving Development and Acquisition Program

Foster Care

• AB 1735 (Bryan) - Foster care: rights

• SB 885 (Laird) Community colleges: Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth Educational Support Program

Nutrition/Health

• AB 558 (Nazarian) - School meals: Child Nutrition Act of 2022.

• AB 1965 (Wicks) - California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act of 2022

• SB 1481 (Becker) - Free Meals for Kids Fair Pay for Child Care FACT SHEET

• SB 871 (Pan) - Public health: immunizations

Taxes and Grants

• SB 860 (Rubio) - Personal Income Tax Law: Young Child Tax Credit.

• SB 1142 (Caballero & Skinner) - Commission on the Status of Women and Girls: grant program

Budget

• AB 1624 (Ting) - Budget Act of 2022.

• SB 840 (Skinner) - Budget Act of 2022

Held

• AB 1400 (Kalra) - Guaranteed Health Care for All - Held on Assembly Floor
• AB 1993 (Wicks) - Employment: COVID-19 vaccination requirements - Held on Assembly Floor

Signed Into Law:

• SB 114 (Committee on Budget) - COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave 

 2021 Legislation Outcomes

VETOED Bills:

• AB 865 (Quirk-Silva) *CAPPA Sponsored Bill* Childcare services: alternative payment programs: direct deposits: reserve funds. Veto Message
• SB 50 (Limón) Early learning and care: California Early Learning and Care Program. Veto Message

Chaptered Bills (Signed Into Law):

• SB 393 (Hurtado) Migrant Childcare and Development programs. Fact Sheet
• AB 1363 (L. Rivas) Childcare: dual language learners. Fact Sheet

Two Year Bills:

• AB 22 (McCarty) Childcare: preschool programs and transitional kindergarten: enrollment. Fact Sheet 
  
• AB 92 (Reyes) Preschool and childcare and development services: family fees. Fact sheet 
  
• SB 246 (Leyva) Early childhood education: reimbursement rates. Fact Sheet

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