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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 563: Childcare: Early Childhood Policy Council.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 563 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Childcare: Early Childhood Policy Council. Primary sponsor: Corey Jackson (D). Most recent recorded action (October 3, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Corey JacksonPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly60

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3187.).
  5. Ordered to the unfinished business file.
  6. In Assembly.
  7. Ordered to the Assembly.
  8. In Senate. Held at Desk.
  9. Ordered to the Senate.
  10. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2521.).
  12. Ordered to special consent calendar.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page