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California 20252026

SB 299

California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: day care center: zoning.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
CaliforniaEnvironmentalQualityAct, daycarecenter, exemption, zoning
Introduced / first action
2025-02-10 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: day care center: family daycare home: zoning.
  • Local government: ordinances.

Source-supplied abstracts

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment. Existing law exempts specified projects from CEQA, including a project that consists exclusively of a day care center, as defined, that is not located in a residential area. This bill would exempt from CEQA a project that consists exclusively of a day care center, as defined, that is located in a residential area, except as provided. By imposing additional duties on a lead agency to determine the applicability of these exemptions, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6518.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read third time and amended.

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  7. Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 6296.)

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).

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  10. Coauthors revised.

  11. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22).

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  13. Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

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  14. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3285.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  18. Set for hearing January 20.

  19. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3212.) (January 13).

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  21. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3204.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

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  22. Re-referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and E.Q.

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  23. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c) .

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  24. Set for hearing January 13 in E.Q. pending receipt.

  25. Set for hearing January 12 in HUMAN S. pending receipt.

  26. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  27. (Corrected August 24.)

  28. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  29. Ordered to second reading.

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  30. From inactive file.

  31. Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Cabaldon.

  32. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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  33. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 963.) (April 30).

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  34. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 4. Noes 3. Page 871.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

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  35. Set for hearing April 30 in E.Q. pending receipt.

  36. Set for hearing April 23.

  37. April 2 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  38. Set for hearing April 2.

  39. Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E.Q.

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  40. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.

  41. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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