CaliforniaCalifornia Environmental Quality Act: exemption: day care center: zoning.
What it does
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.
More detail
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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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Sep 20Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 20Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 2Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 27Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6020.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB299 Cabaldon et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 25In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 299 Cabaldon Senate Third Reading By Wicks. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 25Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6518.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 21Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Read third time and amended.Major
- Aug 21Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 6296.)
- Aug 6Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 5From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 5Coauthors revised.
- Jun 29Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 25From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22).Major
- Jun 22
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.Minor
- Jan 26In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB299 Cabaldon et al. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 26Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3285.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Jan 21Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jan 20From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Jan 14Set for hearing January 20.
- Jan 14Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jan 13From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3212.) (January 13).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 13From 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.Minor
- Jan 12
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 8Re-referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and E.Q.Minor
- Jan 8Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c) .Minor
- Jan 7Set for hearing January 13 in E.Q. pending receipt.
- Jan 7Set for hearing January 12 in HUMAN S. pending receipt.
- Jan 6Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jan 5(Corrected August 24.)
- Jan 5Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Jan 5Ordered to second reading.Minor
- Jan 5From inactive file.
- 2025
- Jun 5Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Cabaldon.
- May 7Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.Major
- May 6From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 963.) (April 30).Major
- Apr 30
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 23From 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.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 17Set for hearing April 30 in E.Q. pending receipt.
- Apr 4Set for hearing April 23.
- Apr 3April 2 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Mar 24Set for hearing April 2.
- Feb 19Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E.Q.Minor
- Feb 11From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
- Feb 10Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced