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California 20252026

SB 902

Early childhood education and childcare: electronic signatures.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Earlychildhoodeducationandchildcare, electronicsignatures
Introduced / first action
2026-01-21 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Childcare: electronic signatures.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law, 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, which includes various programs and services, including, among others, general childcare and development programs and migrant childcare and development programs. Existing law, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) , provides that a record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form. This bill would specify that a signature required by the Child Care and Development Services Act may be satisfied by use of an electronic signature in compliance with the UETA. The bill would authorize documents with an electronic signature to be created and stored in an electronic format in compliance with the UETA, and would authorize the department to adopt regulations to implement these provisions. Existing law, the Early Education Act, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to, among other things, provide an inclusive and cost-effective preschool program. The Early Education Act and the Child Care and Development Services Act authorize contractors operating or providing services under the acts to use digital signatures that comply with state and federal standards, including specified state regulations. This bill would instead condition the authority of contractors operating under the Early Education Act and the Child Care and Development Services Act to use an electronic signature on compliance with the UETA.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

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

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6158.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  6. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).

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  7. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  9. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

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  10. Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD.

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  11. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  12. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4113.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  13. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  14. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

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  15. Set for hearing April 27.

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3867.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. Set for hearing April 14.

  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3740.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  19. Set for hearing April 6.

  20. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

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  21. Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD.

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  22. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 21.

  23. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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