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SB 778

Authors

Limón

Subject

Migrant childcare and development programs.

Relating To

relating to childcare.

Title

An act to amend Section 10236 of, and to add Section 10236.5 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to childcare.

Last Action Dt

2025-10-07

State

Chaptered

Status

Chaptered

Active?

Vote Required

Majority

Appropriation

Fiscal Committee

Yes

Local Program

Substantive Changes

None

Urgency

Tax Levy

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Actions

2025-10-07		Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 459, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-07		Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-17		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-09		Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 2718.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-08		Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3009.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-08		In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-03		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02		Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29		From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-07-16		July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-02		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-09		Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-06-04		In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-03		Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 1445.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-23		From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1213.) (May 23).
2025-05-23		Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-16		Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-21		April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-09		Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-08		From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 683.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-13		Set for hearing April 7.
2025-03-12		Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2025-02-24		From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24		Read first time.
2025-02-21		Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Chaptered		2025-10-07
Enrolled		2025-09-12
Amended Assembly		2025-09-02
Introduced		2025-02-21

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Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, requires the State Department of Social Services to administer childcare and development programs, including, among others, migrant childcare and development programs. Existing law, for purposes of migrant childcare and development programs, defines a “migrant agricultural worker family” as a family that has earned at least 50% of its total gross income from employment in fishing, agriculture, or agriculturally related work during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of application for childcare and development services. Existing law requires the children of these families to be enrolled in child development programs on the basis of specified priorities, including priority to children whose families move from place to place. This bill would instead define a “migrant agricultural worker family” as a family with at least one individual who has earned at least 40% of their total gross income from employment in fishing, agriculture, or agriculturally related work during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date of application for childcare and development services. For the purpose of enrollment in migrant child care and development programs, the bill would require the department to ensure that the self certification of income be consistent with other child care and development programs under the act.