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type: "Bill"
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title: "Childcare."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 792"
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citation: "California SB 792 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Childcare"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Arreguín"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6285783-7254-4f6f-932c-7f7cbd410ee3"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB792"
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source_hash: "39f5dcb09b6bd152e20de3c57ecd224269280142361246f2eb4a95b971bcb0e9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 792 (20252026) — Childcare.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB792&version=20250SB79299INT)
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2. **06/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB792&version=20250SB79298AMD)
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3. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB792&version=20250SB79296CHP)
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4. **SB792** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB792)
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5. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB792&version=20250SB79297ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB792 Arreguín et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 792 Arreguín Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Arreguín — primary (person)
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- Lee — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Set for hearing April 7.
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- **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. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2025-04-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 888.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-12** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-17** June 17 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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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. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2777.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-09-10** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2845.) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2900.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 234, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6285783-7254-4f6f-932c-7f7cbd410ee3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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