Bill Commons

CA AB 2429

enacted

Childcare: mental health consultation services.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2429 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2429 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 399, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2429 about?

The Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, establishes a system of childcare and development services for children up to 13 years of age. The Early Education Act requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to, among other things, provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program. Under both acts, the cost to a provider agency of providing an early childhood mental health consultation service is reimbursable if certain requirements are met, including that the consultation service uses a relationship-based model that includes specified components, including, among others, that, at least twice per program year, early care- and education setting-based mental health assessments are conducted and that there is, with the consent of parents or legal guardians, at least one screening of each enrolled child for adverse childhood experiences and screening for buffering factors. This bill would remove the requirement that the consultation service use a relationship-based model that includes those components in order to be reimbursable and would instead require that, in order to be reimbursable, the consultation service, among other things, uses a relationship-based model that incorporates, at least once per school or program year, an early care and education classroom observation tool that includes measures on the classroom environment, social-emotional learning climate, and teacher and child interactions to guide the specific activities and support the consultant will provide.

Who sponsors CA AB 2429?

Blanca Rubio is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2429.

Description

The Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, establishes a system of childcare and development services for children up to 13 years of age. The Early Education Act requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to, among other things, provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program. Under both acts, the cost to a provider agency of providing an early childhood mental health consultation service is reimbursable if certain requirements are met, including that the consultation service uses a relationship-based model that includes specified components, including, among others, that, at least twice per program year, early care- and education setting-based mental health assessments are conducted and that there is, with the consent of parents or legal guardians, at least one screening of each enrolled child for adverse childhood experiences and screening for buffering factors. This bill would remove the requirement that the consultation service use a relationship-based model that includes those components in order to be reimbursable and would instead require that, in order to be reimbursable, the consultation service, among other things, uses a relationship-based model that incorporates, at least once per school or program year, an early care and education classroom observation tool that includes measures on the classroom environment, social-emotional learning climate, and teacher and child interactions to guide the specific activities and support the consultant will provide.

Introduced
2026-03-25
Latest action
2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 399, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Blanca Rubioauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-20

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 399, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-20

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-03

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-26

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  5. 2026-08-26

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

  6. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6646.).

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  7. 2026-08-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).

  8. 2026-08-20

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. 2026-08-19

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. 2026-08-06

    From Consent Calendar.

  11. 2026-08-06

    Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-08-04

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  13. 2026-08-03

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  14. 2026-06-29

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2026-06-25

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24).

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  16. 2026-06-16

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  17. 2026-06-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  18. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and ED.

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  19. 2026-05-21

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

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  20. 2026-05-21

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5230.)

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  21. 2026-05-14

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  22. 2026-05-13

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 13).

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  23. 2026-04-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2026-04-06

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  25. 2026-03-26

    Read second time and amended.

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  26. 2026-03-25

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 24).

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  27. 2026-03-09

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

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  28. 2026-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  29. 2026-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
  • 03/26/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-26Compare
  • 06/16/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-16Compare
  • 06/29/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-29Compare
  • 08/19/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-19Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
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  • AB2429Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]

    2026-03-24 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-15 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Garcia: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-05-13 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes

  • AB 2429 Blanca Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-05-21 · pass · 68-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ta: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Lowenthal: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Wilson: other
    • Wicks: other
    • Garcia: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Schultz: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]

    2026-06-15 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Becker: yes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-24 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Choi: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes

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