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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California SB 299

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

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

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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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 27, 2026
Senate		Unfinished Business SB299 Cabaldon et al. ConcurrencepassSet your home in California to see
Aug 25, 2026
House		SB 299 Cabaldon Senate Third Reading By WickspassSet your home in California to see
Aug 5, 2026
House		Do pass.passSet your home in California to see
Jun 22, 2026
House		Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see
Jan 26, 2026
Senate		3rd Reading SB299 Cabaldon et al.passSet your home in California to see
Jan 13, 2026
Senate		Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see
Jan 12, 2026
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]passSet your home in California to see
Apr 30, 2025
Senate		Do pass as amendedpassSet your home in California to see
Apr 23, 2025
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]passSet your home in California to see

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