AB-752 • 2026

Child daycare facilities.

Children Housing Land Taxes

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Ávila Farías
Last action: 2025-10-01
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 164, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on whether the law exempts daycare centers from environmental regulations.

Daycare Centers in Multifamily Housing

This law makes daycare centers colocated with multifamily housing considered residential use and prevents local governments from charging fees for operating these centers.

What This Bill Does

Makes daycare centers colocated with multifamily housing a residential use of property, not a business one.
Prohibits cities from requiring business licenses or fees for daycare centers in multifamily housing.

Who It Names or Affects

Daycare center operators
Local governments and city councils

Terms To Know

multifamily housing: Buildings that have multiple apartments or units where different families live.
use by right: A type of property use that is automatically allowed without needing special permission from the city.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify an effective date.
It only applies to daycare centers colocated with multifamily housing, not all daycare facilities.

Bill History

2025-10-01 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 164, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-01 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-22 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-10 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3227.).
2025-09-09 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-09 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2661.).
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-07-17 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
2025-07-16 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16).
2025-06-17 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2025-05-28 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and L. GOV.
2025-05-15 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-15 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 1557.)
2025-05-01 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29).
2025-03-25 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-02-18 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 752, Ávila Farías.
Child daycare facilities.
Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of daycare centers and family daycare homes by the State Department of Social Services. Under existing law, the use of a home as a small or large family daycare home is considered a residential use of property and a use by right for the purposes of all local ordinances, including zoning ordinances, and a local jurisdiction is prohibited from imposing a business license, fee, or tax for the privilege of operating a small or large family daycare home. Existing law also exempts small and large family daycare homes from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act.
This bill would similarly require a daycare center, as defined, when colocated with multifamily
housing, to be considered a residential use of property and a use by right, as defined. The bill would similarly prohibit a local jurisdiction from imposing a charge, tax, or fee for a business license, equivalent instrument, or permit for the privilege of operating a daycare center that is colocated with multifamily housing.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

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