republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-151.md

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Bill	Early childhood education and childcare.	(1) Existing law, the Child Care and Developmental 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. Existing law authorizes, upon departmental approval, the use of appropriated funds for alternative payment programs to allow for maximum parental choice. Existing law authorizes those programs to include, among other things, a subsidy that follows the family from one provider to another, or choices among hours of service. Under existing law, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, reimbursement of state-subsidized childcare and development providers and license-exempt providers is to be based on the maximum authorized hours of care, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 151	California SB 151 (20252026)	bill appropriation	Earlychildhoodeducationandchildcare	enacted	Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review	5	19	3	2025-01-23	2025-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/e4eb9df8-363e-4ccc-9572-fe6e6ed1f017	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB151	ed395e5f5cca600cf802dd9acde36db0d1b853fdd9d7102c32f53879e8899bdf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 151 (20252026) — Early childhood education and childcare.

(1) Existing law, the Child Care and Developmental 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. Existing law authorizes, upon departmental approval, the use of appropriated funds for alternative payment programs to allow for maximum parental choice. Existing law authorizes those programs to include, among other things, a subsidy that follows the family from one provider to another, or choices among hours of service. Under existing law, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, reimbursement of state-subsidized childcare and development providers and license-exempt providers is to be based on the maximum authorized hours of care, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/23/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/08/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/17/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB151 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB151 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 151 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL — 64–7 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB151 B. & F.R. — 28–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
• 2025-02-05 Referred to Com. on B. & F. R. referral-committee
• 2025-03-17 Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 384.)
• 2025-03-17 Ordered to second reading.
• 2025-03-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 447.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-03-20 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-03-24 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2025-09-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-09-10 Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 3164.)
• 2025-09-10 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2025-09-10 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 7. Page 3322.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 2953.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-09-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 108, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4eb9df8-363e-4ccc-9572-fe6e6ed1f017. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).