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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Early childhood education and childcare."
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description: "(1) 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. Under the act, families that meet specified requirements are eligible for federal and state subsidized childcare and development services, and a family that establishes initial eligibility or ongoing eligibility for these services is considered to meet all eligibility and need requirements for those services for not less than 24 months, except as specified. Existing federal regulations require a minimum of 12 months of eligibility for these services before a redetermination of eligibility is made."
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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 120"
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citation: "California SB 120 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Earlychildhoodeducationandchildcare"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-23"
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last_action: "2025-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de22bb23-7be2-444f-9855-b2fd72e34c8d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB120"
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source_hash: "4c2b3682c0aeed9c0ba09ad7d71453872c57beefef8d54eee27f587630b658f0"
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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 120 (20252026) — Early childhood education and childcare.
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(1) 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. Under the act, families that meet specified requirements are eligible for federal and state subsidized childcare and development services, and a family that establishes initial eligibility or ongoing eligibility for these services is considered to meet all eligibility and need requirements for those services for not less than 24 months, except as specified. Existing federal regulations require a minimum of 12 months of eligibility for these services before a redetermination of eligibility is made.
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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. **01/23/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB120&version=20250SB12099INT)
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2. **06/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB120&version=20250SB12098AMD)
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3. **06/27/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB120&version=20250SB12096CHP)
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4. **SB120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB120)
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5. **06/27/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB120&version=20250SB12097ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB120 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Concurrence — **30–7** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB120 B. & F.R. — **28–10** (pass) · upper
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- SB 120 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL — **69–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-01-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Com. on B. & F. R. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 384.)
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- **2025-03-17** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2025-03-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 437.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-24** 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`
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- **2025-06-27** Withdrawn from committee pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
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- **2025-06-27** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-06-27** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 69. Noes 12. Page 320.)
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- **2025-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 2320.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-06-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 1813.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 13, 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/de22bb23-7be2-444f-9855-b2fd72e34c8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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