Bill Commons

CA SB 792

enacted

Childcare.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 792 pass?

Yes. CA SB 792 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 234, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 792 about?

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, CalWORKs Stage 2 and Stage 3 childcare, migrant childcare, childcare and development services for children with special needs, the alternative payment program, and Head Start programs. Under existing law, for purposes of establishing initial income eligibility for services under the Child Care and Development Services Act, "income eligible" means that a family's adjusted monthly income is at or below 85% of the state median income, adjusted for family size. Existing law requires, to be eligible for the 3rd stage of childcare services, CalWORKs participants to have an income that does not exceed 70% of the state median income, adjusted for family size, as specified. This bill would revise the income eligibility for the 3rd stage of childcare services to also be 85% of the state median income, adjusted for family size. Existing law requires the department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to establish a fee schedule for families who utilize childcare and development programs and to be assessed in a single monthly flat fee that is based on income, certified family need for full-time or part-time care services, and enrollment. Existing law authorizes that a family with children who are recipients of child protective services, or children who are at risk of being neglected or abused, may be exempt from being charged family fees for up to 12 months. This bill would extend the exemption period to up to 24 months. Existing law requires childcare providers reimbursed through childcare and development programs to submit monthly attendance records for each child under specified circumstances. Existing law defines "attendance" for purposes of the act to mean the number of children present at a childcare and development facility, and includes extended absences due to specified reasons for purposes of reimbursement. This bill would add medical and educational appointments to the list of reasons for extended absences that are included in attendance for purposes of reimbursement, and would also, for purposes of reimbursement, authorize a contractor to claim attendance for days that the contractor or provider is required to hold a space for a child during the period that a family is assumed to have abandoned care or is engaging in the appeal process based on disenrollment for abandoning care.

Who sponsors CA SB 792?

Arreguín is the primary sponsor of CA SB 792, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

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, CalWORKs Stage 2 and Stage 3 childcare, migrant childcare, childcare and development services for children with special needs, the alternative payment program, and Head Start programs. Under existing law, for purposes of establishing initial income eligibility for services under the Child Care and Development Services Act, "income eligible" means that a family's adjusted monthly income is at or below 85% of the state median income, adjusted for family size. Existing law requires, to be eligible for the 3rd stage of childcare services, CalWORKs participants to have an income that does not exceed 70% of the state median income, adjusted for family size, as specified. This bill would revise the income eligibility for the 3rd stage of childcare services to also be 85% of the state median income, adjusted for family size. Existing law requires the department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to establish a fee schedule for families who utilize childcare and development programs and to be assessed in a single monthly flat fee that is based on income, certified family need for full-time or part-time care services, and enrollment. Existing law authorizes that a family with children who are recipients of child protective services, or children who are at risk of being neglected or abused, may be exempt from being charged family fees for up to 12 months. This bill would extend the exemption period to up to 24 months. Existing law requires childcare providers reimbursed through childcare and development programs to submit monthly attendance records for each child under specified circumstances. Existing law defines "attendance" for purposes of the act to mean the number of children present at a childcare and development facility, and includes extended absences due to specified reasons for purposes of reimbursement. This bill would add medical and educational appointments to the list of reasons for extended absences that are included in attendance for purposes of reimbursement, and would also, for purposes of reimbursement, authorize a contractor to claim attendance for days that the contractor or provider is required to hold a space for a child during the period that a family is assumed to have abandoned care or is engaging in the appeal process based on disenrollment for abandoning care.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 234, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Arreguínauthor
  • Leecoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 234, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-11

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2900.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-09-10

    From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2845.)

    committee-passage

  6. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 2289.) Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

    committee-passage,referral-committee

  7. 2025-08-29

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-08-28

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  9. 2025-08-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2777.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  10. 2025-08-21

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  11. 2025-08-20

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-07-02

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

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  13. 2025-06-23

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

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  14. 2025-06-17

    June 17 hearing postponed by committee.

  15. 2025-05-12

    Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

    referral-committee

  16. 2025-04-24

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  17. 2025-04-24

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 888.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  18. 2025-04-22

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  19. 2025-04-21

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

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  20. 2025-04-09

    Set for hearing April 21.

  21. 2025-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 683.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  22. 2025-04-02

    Set for hearing April 7.

  23. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

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  24. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  25. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  26. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • SB792Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-07 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Limón: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2025-04-24 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Reyes: other
    • Archuleta: other
    • Rubio: other

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

    2025-07-01 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Castillo: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-08-20 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • SB 792 Arreguín Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-08-28 · pass · 74-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alvarez: other
    • Berman: other
    • Elhawary: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Gallagher: other

  • That the Assembly amendments be concurred in

    2025-09-10 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Becker: yes

  • Unfinished Business SB792 Arreguín et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes

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