CA SB 299
enactedCalifornia Environmental Quality Act: exemption: day care center: zoning.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 299 pass?
Yes. CA SB 299 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 299 about?
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. Existing law exempts specified projects from CEQA, including a project that consists exclusively of a day care center, as defined, that is not located in a residential area. This bill would exempt from CEQA a project that consists exclusively of a day care center, as defined, that is located in a residential area, except as provided. By imposing additional duties on a lead agency to determine the applicability of these exemptions, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA SB 299?
Cabaldon is the primary sponsor of CA SB 299, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. Existing law exempts specified projects from CEQA, including a project that consists exclusively of a day care center, as defined, that is not located in a residential area. This bill would exempt from CEQA a project that consists exclusively of a day care center, as defined, that is located in a residential area, except as provided. By imposing additional duties on a lead agency to determine the applicability of these exemptions, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-10
- Latest action
- 2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Cabaldonauthor
- Pérezcoauthor
- Wicksprincipal coauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-20
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-20
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-09-02
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-27
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-25
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6518.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-21
Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-21
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-21
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2026-08-21
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 6296.)
2026-08-06
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-05
Coauthors revised.
2026-08-05
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).
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2026-06-29
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-25
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22).
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2026-06-01
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
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2026-01-26
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-01-26
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3285.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-01-21
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-01-20
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-01-14
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-01-14
Set for hearing January 20.
2026-01-13
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3212.) (January 13).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-01-13
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3204.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
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2026-01-08
Re-referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and E.Q.
referral-committee
2026-01-08
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c) .
referral-committee
2026-01-07
Set for hearing January 12 in HUMAN S. pending receipt.
2026-01-07
Set for hearing January 13 in E.Q. pending receipt.
2026-01-06
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-01-05
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-01-05
Ordered to second reading.
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2026-01-05
(Corrected August 24.)
2026-01-05
From inactive file.
2025-06-05
Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Cabaldon.
2025-05-07
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-06
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 963.) (April 30).
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2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 4. Noes 3. Page 871.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-17
Set for hearing April 30 in E.Q. pending receipt.
2025-04-04
Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-03
April 2 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-24
Set for hearing April 2.
2025-02-19
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E.Q.
referral-committee
2025-02-11
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
2025-02-10
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/10/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-10Compare
- 05/07/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-07Compare
- 01/05/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-01-05Compare
- 01/14/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-01-14Compare
- 06/29/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-29Compare
- 08/21/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-21Compare
- 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
2025-04-23 · pass · 4-3
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Laird: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Durazo: no
- Choi: no
Do pass as amended
2025-04-30 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (8)
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Dahle: no
- Valladares: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]
2026-01-12 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Pérez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Becker: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Arreguín: yes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-01-13 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Blakespear: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Hurtado: other
3rd Reading SB299 Cabaldon et al.
2026-01-26 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Grayson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Becker: yes
- Jones: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Choi: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Limón: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Niello: yes
- Grove: yes
- Gonzalez: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-22 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Zbur: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Muratsuchi: other
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