Bill Commons

CA AB 1956

enacted

Suicide prevention.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1956 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1956 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-28): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 163, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1956 about?

Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention within the department. Existing law authorizes the office, if established, to perform certain functions, including, among others, conducting state-level assessment of regional and statewide suicide prevention policies and practices and reporting on progress to reduce rates of suicide. Existing law authorizes the office, if established, to focus activities on groups with the highest risk, including youth, Native American youth, older adults, veterans, and LGBTQ people. This bill would authorize the office's activities focused on youth to pay special attention to boys. The bill would additionally authorize the office to focus activities on young men. The bill would require the office, if established, to report to the Legislature, on or before July 1, 2028, on strategies to implement the activities focused on boys and young men.

Who sponsors CA AB 1956?

Valencia is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1956, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention within the department. Existing law authorizes the office, if established, to perform certain functions, including, among others, conducting state-level assessment of regional and statewide suicide prevention policies and practices and reporting on progress to reduce rates of suicide. Existing law authorizes the office, if established, to focus activities on groups with the highest risk, including youth, Native American youth, older adults, veterans, and LGBTQ people. This bill would authorize the office's activities focused on youth to pay special attention to boys. The bill would additionally authorize the office to focus activities on young men. The bill would require the office, if established, to report to the Legislature, on or before July 1, 2028, on strategies to implement the activities focused on boys and young men.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-08-28 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 163, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Valenciaauthor
  • Ramoscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-28

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 163, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-08-28

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-08-18

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

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-11

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-08-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2026-08-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5322.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2026-08-04

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  8. 2026-08-03

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

    committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2

  9. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  10. 2026-06-11

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

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  11. 2026-05-27

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

    referral-committee

  12. 2026-05-18

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  13. 2026-05-18

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5130.)

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  14. 2026-05-11

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5013.)

    amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3

  15. 2026-05-07

    Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-3

  16. 2026-05-07

    From Consent Calendar.

  17. 2026-04-30

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  18. 2026-04-29

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 29).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  19. 2026-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  20. 2026-03-02

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-02-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  22. 2026-02-13

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

Versions

  • 02/13/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-13Compare
  • 05/11/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-11Compare
  • 08/12/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-12Compare
  • 08/28/26 - Chaptered — 2026-08-28Compare
  • AB1956Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-04-07 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Patel: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-04-29 · pass · 14-0

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

  • AB 1956 Valencia Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-18 · pass · 72-0

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

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

    2026-06-10 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Gonzalez: other

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

    2026-06-30 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Durazo: yes

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