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Bill	Family daycare homes.	Under existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, the State Department of Social Services licenses and regulates family daycare homes. Under existing law, a small family daycare home, which may provide care for up to 8 children, is considered a residential use of property for purposes of all local ordinances. Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to either classify a large family daycare home, which may provide care for up to 14 children, as residential use of the property or to provide a process for applying for a permit to use the property as a large family daycare home.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 234	California SB 234 (20192020)	bill	Family daycare homes.	enacted	Skinner	7	28	8	2019-02-07	2019-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/f0957754-a4e1-47ff-88d1-ac0032e66cc3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB234	c3add7c21826fffb6ff5008b5b35e0b15212d52b2d3e89affd029a1908cd0242	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 234 (20192020) — Family daycare homes.

Under existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, the State Department of Social Services licenses and regulates family daycare homes. Under existing law, a small family daycare home, which may provide care for up to 8 children, is considered a residential use of property for purposes of all local ordinances. Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to either classify a large family daycare home, which may provide care for up to 14 children, as residential use of the property or to provide a process for applying for a permit to use the property as a large family daycare home.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/07/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/09/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/12/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB234 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 234 Skinner Senate Third Reading By BAUER-KAHAN — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB234 Skinner Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Skinner — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-02-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
• 2019-02-21 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 Set for hearing March 11.
• 2019-03-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 332.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Set for hearing April 2.
• 2019-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-08 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 552.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-12 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2019-04-17 April 22 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-04-18 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2019-04-29 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 959.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-07 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-05-30 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-19 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2759.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-20 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-08-22 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2235.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2019-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 244, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0957754-a4e1-47ff-88d1-ac0032e66cc3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).