Family daycare homes: Fourth Amendment training.

Section number corrected from 1597.37 to 1596.868 throughout the bill, fixing what appears to be a drafting error in the Assembly version.

The training program commencement date now reads 'Commencing July 1, 2026, 60 days after the effective date of this section' rather than just 'Commencing July 1, 2026.' This adds a relative timeframe as an additional trigger, ensuring the requirement is tied to when the bill actually takes effect.

The penalty exemption language was reworded from 'shall not result in a licensee being subject to citation under this act' to 'does not subject a licensee to citation under the act.' The meaning is substantively the same but the phrasing is slightly more direct.

The substantive content was renumbered from Section 1597.37 to Section 1596.868 of the Health and Safety Code. Section 1597.37 is now added as an empty placeholder.

Assembly Member Bonta was added as a coauthor of the bill.

The legislative intent section stating that the Legislature intends to ensure childcare workers have access to resources and education regarding protecting their immigration rights was removed from the bill.

The penalty protection clause was expanded. It now explicitly states that a violation 'shall not result in a licensee being subject to citation under this act,' adding a specific bar on citations beyond the existing prohibition on criminal, civil, or administrative penalties.

Fiscal committee jurisdiction changed from 'no' to 'yes,' meaning the Assembly Fiscal Committee will now review the bill's fiscal impact before it proceeds.

New Section 1597.37(a) requires the State Department of Social Services to notify all licensed and license-exempt family daycare home providers of Fourth Amendment rights, including protections against searches, seizures, detentions, and arrests without valid identification, a written statement of purpose, and a judicial warrant.

New Section 1597.37(b) requires the department, with concurrence of any exclusive representative for family daycare home providers, to designate a statewide entity experienced in multilingual childcare worker training to develop and provide a training program on Fourth Amendment rights and responsibilities.

The designated entity must begin offering training on July 1, 2026. Providers already licensed on the effective date must complete training by June 30, 2027; providers licensed after that date must complete it within 12 months of initial licensing.

New Section 1597.37(c) specifies that violations of the notification and training requirements are not subject to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties, making compliance effectively voluntary despite the mandatory language.

The bill's title was changed from a general 'act relating to childcare' to specifically 'an act to add Section 1597.37 to the Health and Safety Code,' reflecting the shift from a purely aspirational statement to one with operative regulatory provisions.

The fiscal committee vote changed from 'no' to 'yes,' indicating the bill now has fiscal committee approval, likely because the new training and notification requirements carry budgetary implications.