SB 1200 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Family daycare homes.

Summary

Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of child daycare facilities, including family daycare homes, by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law authorizes a small family daycare home to provide daycare for more than 6 and up to 8 children, including infants, if certain conditions are met. Existing law also authorizes a large family daycare home to provide daycare for more than 12 children and up to and including 14 children, including infants, if certain conditions are met. Existing regulations define infant for these purposes as a child under 2 years of age. This bill would instead define infant for these purposes as a child under 18 months of age.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Aug 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Aug 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

02/19/26 - Introduced → SB1200 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions of SB 1200. The bill text is identical in both versions, which would add Section 1597.31 to the Health and Safety Code defining 'infant' as a child under 18 months of age for family daycare home licensing purposes. The differences are entirely formatting and presentation changes, reflecting a shift from a traditional legislative document layout to a web-based rendering.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document layout (with line numbers, page headers, and formal spacing) to a web page format with navigation elements. No policy content was altered.

Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2026

How they voted

33–0

Passed · 7 other

Total votes 40

May 22, 2026

D Democratic30

25 Yea 5

83% Yea

R Republican10

8 Yea 2

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Aug 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

lower

Jul 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Jun 1, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

lower

May 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4420.) Ordered to the Assembly.

upper

May 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4269.) (May 14).

upper

Apr 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3955.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

upper

Feb 19, 2026

Introduced

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

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor