CA SB 1200

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Family daycare homes.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 1200 pass?

The current status of CA SB 1200 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

What is CA SB 1200 about?

Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of child daycare facilities, including family daycare homes, by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law authorizes a small family daycare home to provide daycare for more than 6 and up to 8 children, including infants, if certain conditions are met. Existing law also authorizes a large family daycare home to provide daycare for more than 12 children and up to and including 14 children, including infants, if certain conditions are met. Existing regulations define infant for these purposes as a child under 2 years of age. This bill would instead define infant for these purposes as a child under 18 months of age.

Who sponsors CA SB 1200?

Menjivar is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1200, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-19
Latest action: 2026-08-13 — August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Familydaycarehomes

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-08-13
August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2026-08-05
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-01
Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
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2026-05-22
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-22
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4420.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-20
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4269.) (May 14).
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2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-04
May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-24
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-21
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3955.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-09
Set for hearing April 20.
2026-03-04
Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
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2026-02-20
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-20 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Niello: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Pérez: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-04 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass
2026-05-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
Special Consent SB1200 Menjivar et al.
2026-05-22 · pass · 33-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Jones: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Limón: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grove: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Choi: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: other
- Hurtado: other
- Padilla: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Stern: other
- Niello: other
- Allen: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-30 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Elhawary: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Lee: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes

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