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State Legislation

Last Updated: October 18, 2020

In the 2019-2020 legislative session, 5,423 pieces of legislation were introduced. Of that number, 1,626 bills were chaptered (new laws), 228 vetoed, two enacted without signature and 3,561 failed somewhere in the process.

2020 Legislation

Child Care & Early Education Legislation

AB 123 (McCarty) Early childhood education: state preschool program: access: standards. Fact sheet. DEAD
AB 125 (McCarty) Early childhood education: reimbursement rates. Fact Sheet. DEAD
AB 324 (Aguiar-Curry) Childcare services: state-subsidized childcare: professional support stipends. Fact Sheet DEAD
AB 1001 (Ting) Child care: strategic planning councils. Fact Sheet. DEAD
AB 2286 (Grayson) California state preschool programs: eligibility. DEAD
AB 2496 (Choi) Income taxes: credits: employer-provided child care credit. Fact Sheet. DEAD
AB 2500 (McCarty) Transitional kindergarten: average daily attendance. DEAD
AB 2552 (Patterson) Childcare and development services and programs: homeless children. Fact Sheet DEAD
AB 2581 (Reyes) Department of Early Childhood Development DEAD
AB 2594 (Aguiar-Curry) Child care services. Fact Sheet DEAD
AB 2883 (Quirk-Silva) Childcare services: alternative payment programs: direct deposits: reserve funds. CAPPA SPONSORED DEAD
AB 2893 (McCarty) Early childhood education: State Department of Education: resources, plans, and an informational web page. DEAD
AB 2894 (McCarty) General plans: early childhood education facilities. DEAD
AB 2986 (Reyes) Family childcare home education networks. SUPPORT DEAD
SB 1075 (Gonzalez, Lena) Transitional kindergarten: admission. Fact Sheet DEAD
SB 174 (Leyva) Early Childhood Education: Reimbursement Rates. Fact Sheet SUPPORT DEAD

Foster Care Legislation

AB 1929 (Rubio) Child abuse and neglect reporting. Fact Sheet. SUPPORT CHAPTERED
AB 1944 (Quirk-Silva) Foster care payments: reasonable travel reimbursement for school. Fact Sheet. DEAD
AB 1954 (Cooley) Foster care: relative and sibling placement. Fact Sheet. DEAD
AB 1996 (Gipson) Foster youth. DEAD
AB 2051 (Reyes) Foster care: foster sibling relationship. Fact Sheet. DEAD
AB 2086 (Rubio) Foster care. DEAD
AB 2153 (Rubio) Child abuse or neglect: foster children. DEAD

Low-income & Housing Legislation

AB 1022 (Wicks) California Antihunger Response and Employment Training Act of 2019. Fact Sheet DEAD
AB 1845 (L. Rivas) Homelessness: Office to End Homelessness. Fact Sheet. VETOED
AB 2329 (Chiu) Homelessness: statewide needs and gaps analysis. Fact Sheet. DEAD
AB 2405 (Burke) Housing: children and families. Fact Sheet. SUPPORT VETOED
AB 2493 (Choi) Income tax credits: Homelessness Prevention Pilot Act of 2021. Fact Sheet. DEAD
AB 2909 (Eggman) Homeless services. DEAD
AB 2029 (Berman) CalWORKs eligibility: income exemptions. SUPPORT DEAD
AB 2058 (Gabriel) Income taxes: credits: low-income housing. Fact Sheet SUPPORT DEAD
AB 2345 (Gonzalez) Planning and zoning: density bonuses: affordable housing. Fact Sheet SUPPORT CHAPTERED
AB 2399 (Committee on Insurance) Paid family leave: qualifying exigency. CHAPTERED
AB 2405 (Burke) - Right to safe, decent and affordable housing. VETOED
AB 2413 (Ting) CalFRESH: eligiblity and reporting SUPPORT DEAD
AB 2415 (Quirk) Electronic benefits transfer system. DEAD
AB 2469 (Reyes) Nonminor dependents DEAD
AB 2712 (Low) California Universal Basic Income (CalUBI) Program DEAD
SB 882 (Weiner) CalFRESH. Fact Sheet. DEAD
SB 1019 (McGuire) Public social services. DEAD
SB 1065 (Hertzberg) CalWORKs: homeless assistance. Fact Sheet CHAPTERED.
SB 1073 (Gonzalez, Lena) Medi-Cal: California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Fact Sheet. SUPPORT DEAD
SB 1140 (Caballero) Personal income taxes: credits: child poverty tax credit. SUPPORT DEAD
SB 1204 (Jones) Homeless children and youths: local educational agencies collaboration. Fact Sheet DEAD
SB 1232 (Glazer) CalWORKs: postsecondary education. SUPPORT CHAPTERED

Other

AB 15 (Nazarian) Student financial aid: Children’s Savings Account Program. Fact Sheet. DEAD
AB 31 (C. Garcia) Sales and use taxes: exemption: menstrual hygiene products. DEAD
AB 66 (Gonzalez) Sales and use taxes: exemption: diapers. Fact Sheet. SUPPORT DEAD
AB 196 (Gonzalez) Paid family leave. Fact Sheet. DEAD
AB 826 (Santiago) Emergency Food Assistance: COVID-10 VETOED
AB 898 (Wicks) Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment services: behavioral DEAD
AB 1196 (Gipson) Community schools: California Community Schools Act. CHAPTERED
AB 1956 (Quirk-Silva) School calendar: school start date. DEAD
AB 1608 (Holden) Community care facilities: criminal background checks. Fact Sheet DEAD
AB 1835 (Weber & Quirk-Silva) - Education finance: local control funding formula: supplemental and concentration grants. VETOED
AB 1837 (Smith) Education finance: emergency average daily attendance. DEAD
AB 1867 (Committee on Budget) Small employer family leave mediation. CHAPTERED
AB 1929 (B. Rubio) Child abuse and neglect reporting. CHAPTERED
AB 1995 (L.Rivas) Pupil nutrition: reduced-price meals. Fact Sheet. DEAD
AB 2346 (Berman) Community colleges: part-time students enrolled in early childhood education or child development courses: fee waivers. SUPPORT DEAD
AB 2516 (Reyes) Teachers: professional development: bilingual and dual language grant DEAD
AB 2527 (Nazarian) Free school breakfast: nonschoolaged children Fact Sheet. SUPPORT DEAD
SB 65 (Pan) Health care coverage: financial assistance. DEAD
SB 955 (Portantino) Recreational and organizational camps. Fact Sheet. DEAD
SB 959 (Hurtado) Educational equity: immigration and citizenship status. Fact Sheet DEAD
SB 1075 Gonzalez, Lena) Transitional kindergarten: admission. Fact Sheet. DEAD

DEAD

DEAD - AB 22 (Burke) Housing: children and families. Fact Sheet. One-Pager.
DEAD - AB 24 (Burke) Personal income taxes: Targeted Child Tax Credit.
DEAD - AB 36 (Bloom) Residential tenancies: rent control.
DEAD - AB 124 (McCarty) Childcare: local planning councils. Fact Sheet.
DEAD - AB 194 (Reyes) - Childcare and development services. Fact Sheet. SUPPORT TEMPLATE
DEAD - AB 367 (Flora) Presence at care facilities: conviction of crimes. Fact Sheet.
DEAD - AB 534 (Mayes) Social services: access to food. Fact Sheet.
DEAD - AB 760 (Cooper) Education finance: local control funding formula: pupil transportation: cost-of-living adjustment and add-on.
DEAD - AB 816 (Quirk-Silva) California Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool Program.
DEAD - AB 1081 (Gallagher) After School Education and Safety Program: funding: authorized purposes. Fact Sheet.
DEAD - AB 1109 (Fong) Preschool: privately funded pilot program: tax credits.
DEAD - AB 1154 (Bonta) California State University: Early care and education major pilot program.
DEAD - AB 1315 (Boerner-Horvath) Housing: small lot subdivisions.
DEAD - AB 1773 (Weber) CalWORKs: supportive services.

DEAD

DEAD - SB 26 (Caballero) Personal income taxes: working families child care tax credit. Fact Sheet.
DEAD - SB 50 (Wiener) Planning and zoning: housing development: streamlined approval: incentives. Fact Sheet.
DEAD - SB 298 (Caballero) Poverty reduction. Fact Sheet. SAMPLE Support Template.
DEAD - SB 374 (Glazer) CalWORKs: postsecondary education. Fact Sheet.
DEAD - SB 489 (Hurtado) CalWORKs: multidisciplinary teams.

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2018-2019 State Legislation

ASSEMBLY BILLS:

Chaptered Bills

AB 2 (Santiago) Community colleges: California College Promise.
AB 5 (Gonzalez) Worker status: independent contractors. Fact Sheet.
AB 48 (O'Donnell) Education finance: Public Preschool, K-12, and College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2020.
AB 58 (Rivas) Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council.
AB 220 (Bonta) Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign funds: childcare costs. Fact Sheet.
AB 378 (Limon) Childcare: family childcare providers: bargaining representative. Fact Sheet.
AB 406 (Limon) Disability compensation: paid family leave: application in non-English languages. Fact Sheet.
AB 494 (Berman) CalFresh: eligibility: shelter expense deductions. Fact Sheet.
AB 807 (Bauer-Kahan) CalWORKs eligibility: income exemptions. Fact Sheet.
AB 809 (Santiago) Public postsecondary education: child development programs: priority enrollment: Title IX protection: pregnancy and parental status. Fact Sheet.
AB 819 (Stone) Foster care.
AB 865 (Reyes) Resource families: training. Fact Sheet.
AB 960 (Maienschein) CalWORKs: homeless assistance. Fact Sheet.
AB 1004 (McCarty) Developmental screening services.
AB 1172 (Frazier) Special education: nonpublic, nonsectarian schools or agencies.
AB 1377 (Wicks) CalFresh.
AB 1482 (Choi) Tenant Protection Act of 2019: tenancy: rent caps.
AB 1554 (Gonzalez) Employers: dependent care assistance program: notice to employees.

INACTIVE

AB 6 (Reyes) Early childhood education: interagency coordination and quality improvement.
AB 67 (Rivas, L) Homeless integrated data warehouse
AB 71 (Melendez) Employment standards: independent contractors and employees. Fact Sheet.
AB 167 (Rubio) Childcare and development services: infants and toddlers: state funding. Fact Sheet.
AB 249 (Choi) Public employers: employee organizations. Fact Sheet.
AB 347 (Choi) Preschool: privately funded pilot program: tax credits. Fact Sheet.
AB 452 (Mullin) Childcare: facilities: grants. Fact Sheet.
AB 870 (Burke) Public social services.
AB 1059 (Burke) Child poverty.
AB 1070 (Arambula) CalWORKs Home Visiting Initiative.
AB 1256 (Bonta) Early childhood education: learning readiness measures: report.
AB 1716 (Kiley) Family child care home education networks.
AB 1797 (Smith) State Department of Education: report: teacher induction.

DEAD

AB 23 (Burke) Office of Small Business Advocate: Deputy of Business and Workforce Coordination. Vetoed
AB 197 (Weber) Full-day kindergarten. Fact Sheet. Vetoed.
AB 283 (Chu) CalWORKs: school attendance: immunizations. Fact Sheet. Vetoed.
AB 500 (Gonzalez) School and community college employees: paid maternity leave. Fact Sheet. Vetoed.
AB 776 (Kalra) Educational data: pupil identifiers: early childhood education programs. Vetoed.
AB 842 (Limon) Child nutrition: school, childcare, and preschool meals. Fact Sheet. Vetoed.
AB 1085 (McCarty) After school programs: substance use prevention: funding: cannabis revenue. Vetoed.

SENATE BILLS:

Chaptered Bills

SB 234 (Skinner) Family daycare homes. Fact Sheet.
SB 265 (Hertzberg) Pupil meals: Child Hunger Prevention and Fair Treatment Act of 2017. Fact Sheet.
SB 330 (Skinner) Housing Crisis Act of 2019.
SB 687 (Rubio) Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council.

INACTIVE

SB 4 (McGuire) Housing. Fact Sheet.
SB 48 (Wiener) Low Barrier Navigation Center developments. Fact Sheet.
SB 217 (Portantino) Special education: individuals with exceptional needs. Fact Sheet.
SB 421 (Pan) Children's Cabinet of California. Fact Sheet.
SB 443 (Rubio) Transitional kindergarten: average daily attendance. Fact Sheet.
SB 734 (Borgeas) Working hours.

DEAD

SB 365 (Durazo) CalWORKs: immediate needs assistance. Fact Sheet. Vetoed.·

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