CA SB 792
enactedChildcare.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 792 pass?
Yes. CA SB 792 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. 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
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Action timeline
2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-03-12
Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
referral-committee
2025-04-02
Set for hearing April 7.
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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2025-04-09
Set for hearing April 21.
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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2025-04-22
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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2025-04-24
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 888.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-04-24
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-05-12
Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
referral-committee
2025-06-17
June 17 hearing postponed by committee.
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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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.
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2025-08-20
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).
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2025-08-21
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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2025-08-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2777.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-08-28
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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.
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2025-08-29
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
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2025-09-10
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2845.)
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2025-09-11
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2900.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 234, Statutes of 2025.
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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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