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CA AB 1068

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Emergency services available during natural disasters.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1068 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 1068 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 1068 about?

Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, establishes, among others, the California Department of Aging in the California Health and Human Services Agency, also known as CalHHS and headed by the Secretary of CalHHS, and sets forth its mission to provide leadership to the area agencies on aging in developing systems of home- and community-based services that maintain individuals in their own homes or least restrictive homelike environments. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of long-term health care facilities, including skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires, among other things, the department to administer the Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) program. No later than July 1, 2026, this bill would require the Secretary of CalHHS, in coordination with various state departments, offices, and other entities, as specified, to develop a working group to make recommendations regarding the evacuation and sheltering needs of older adults and persons with disabilities living in long-term care facilities during natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies. The bill would require the Secretary of CalHHS to submit the recommendations no later than July 1, 2027, and would repeal that requirement on January 1, 2030.

Who sponsors CA AB 1068?

Bains is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1068, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law, the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, establishes, among others, the California Department of Aging in the California Health and Human Services Agency, also known as CalHHS and headed by the Secretary of CalHHS, and sets forth its mission to provide leadership to the area agencies on aging in developing systems of home- and community-based services that maintain individuals in their own homes or least restrictive homelike environments. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of long-term health care facilities, including skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires, among other things, the department to administer the Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) program. No later than July 1, 2026, this bill would require the Secretary of CalHHS, in coordination with various state departments, offices, and other entities, as specified, to develop a working group to make recommendations regarding the evacuation and sheltering needs of older adults and persons with disabilities living in long-term care facilities during natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies. The bill would require the Secretary of CalHHS to submit the recommendations no later than July 1, 2027, and would repeal that requirement on January 1, 2030.

Introduced
2025-04-03
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bainsauthor
  • Cervantescoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  3. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C and E.M.

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  4. 2025-04-03

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-04-07

    Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C.

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  6. 2025-04-23

    Coauthors revised.

  7. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

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  8. 2025-04-29

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-05-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  10. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  11. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1875.)

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  13. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  14. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and G.O.

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  15. 2025-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

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  16. 2025-07-01

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.

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  17. 2025-07-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  19. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 04/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-03Compare
  • 07/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-01Compare
  • AB1068Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management]

    2025-04-22 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ávila Farías: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-28 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Hadwick: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Arambula: yes

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 1068 Bains Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-30 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Becker: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Pérez: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-08 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

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