Bill Commons

CA AB 1602

vetoed

Foster youth: disaster aid assistance.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1602 pass?

No. CA AB 1602 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Vetoed by Governor.

What is CA AB 1602 about?

Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings and governs the provision of child welfare services, which is defined to mean public social services that are directed toward the accomplishment of specified purposes, including protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families, and restoring to their families children who have been removed. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to ensure that, among other things, emergency response services are coordinated with the implementation of specified program models. Existing law also requires each county to provide the department with a disaster response plan describing how county programs that receive federal assistance for child and family services would respond to a disaster. Existing law also requires the department to review its disaster plan, revise the plan to clarify the role and responsibilities of the state in the event of a disaster, and consult with counties to identify opportunities for collaboration in the event of a disaster. This bill would establish the Child Welfare Disaster Response Program, to be administered by the department. The bill would establish the Child Welfare Disaster Response Account to fund the program. The bill would require, upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in the Child Welfare Disaster Response Account to be used for purposes of the program and to support the needs of foster children and youth, as defined, and their caregivers during a disaster. The bill would require the department to determine eligibility criteria for applicants and would authorize county child welfare agencies, county probation departments, or Indian tribes, as specified, to apply for funds. The bill would require funds awarded pursuant those provisions to be available to meet the housing, clothing, transportation, and other tangible needs of foster children and youth and their caregivers that occur within 180 days of a local emergency proclamation by a local government or a state of emergency proclamation by the Governor. The bill would authorize the department to implement, interpret, or make specific these provisions by means of all-county letters or similar written instructions.

Who sponsors CA AB 1602?

Blanca Rubio is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1602.

Description

Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings and governs the provision of child welfare services, which is defined to mean public social services that are directed toward the accomplishment of specified purposes, including protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families, and restoring to their families children who have been removed. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to ensure that, among other things, emergency response services are coordinated with the implementation of specified program models. Existing law also requires each county to provide the department with a disaster response plan describing how county programs that receive federal assistance for child and family services would respond to a disaster. Existing law also requires the department to review its disaster plan, revise the plan to clarify the role and responsibilities of the state in the event of a disaster, and consult with counties to identify opportunities for collaboration in the event of a disaster. This bill would establish the Child Welfare Disaster Response Program, to be administered by the department. The bill would establish the Child Welfare Disaster Response Account to fund the program. The bill would require, upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in the Child Welfare Disaster Response Account to be used for purposes of the program and to support the needs of foster children and youth, as defined, and their caregivers during a disaster. The bill would require the department to determine eligibility criteria for applicants and would authorize county child welfare agencies, county probation departments, or Indian tribes, as specified, to apply for funds. The bill would require funds awarded pursuant those provisions to be available to meet the housing, clothing, transportation, and other tangible needs of foster children and youth and their caregivers that occur within 180 days of a local emergency proclamation by a local government or a state of emergency proclamation by the Governor. The bill would authorize the department to implement, interpret, or make specific these provisions by means of all-county letters or similar written instructions.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-09-20 — Vetoed by Governor.
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Blanca Rubioauthor

Committees

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-09-20

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  2. 2026-09-08

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

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  3. 2026-08-28

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  4. 2026-08-28

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).

  5. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

  6. 2026-08-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. 2026-06-29

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  8. 2026-06-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

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  10. 2026-05-21

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

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  11. 2026-05-21

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5188.)

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  12. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  14. 2026-04-15

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

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  15. 2026-03-11

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2026-02-02

    Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

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  17. 2026-01-17

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.

  18. 2026-01-16

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-10 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Castillo: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • AB 1602 Blanca Rubio Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-21 · pass · 74-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Garcia: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Chen: other

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

    2026-06-15 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Becker: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2026-06-29 · pass · 7-0

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

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