CA AB 2126
in committeeCommunity care facilities: criminal background exemptions.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2126 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 2126 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-14): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 2126 about?
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate community care facilities, residential care facilities for persons with chronic, life-threatening illness, residential care facilities for the elderly, and childcare centers. Existing law requires the department to obtain a criminal record for all applicants for licenses for these facilities and services and specified other employees and officers of these facilities. Existing law requires the department to issue an exemption from disqualification to certain applicants who have been convicted of an offense, if the individual's state and federal criminal history information independently supports a reasonable belief that the applicant is of present good character necessary to justify the granting of an exemption, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to use its discretion in evaluating a an individual for the purposes of making an exemption decision, as necessary to protect the health and safety of a child. This bill would require the department to issue an exemption from disqualification for current or former foster youth who have been convicted of certain offenses that occurred prior to the individual reaching 21 years of age and the youth will be employed in a peer support capacity and not a caregiving capacity and would not require any additional evidentiary showing.
Who sponsors CA AB 2126?
Elhawary is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2126.
Description
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate community care facilities, residential care facilities for persons with chronic, life-threatening illness, residential care facilities for the elderly, and childcare centers. Existing law requires the department to obtain a criminal record for all applicants for licenses for these facilities and services and specified other employees and officers of these facilities. Existing law requires the department to issue an exemption from disqualification to certain applicants who have been convicted of an offense, if the individual's state and federal criminal history information independently supports a reasonable belief that the applicant is of present good character necessary to justify the granting of an exemption, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to use its discretion in evaluating a an individual for the purposes of making an exemption decision, as necessary to protect the health and safety of a child. This bill would require the department to issue an exemption from disqualification for current or former foster youth who have been convicted of certain offenses that occurred prior to the individual reaching 21 years of age and the youth will be employed in a peer support capacity and not a caregiving capacity and would not require any additional evidentiary showing.
- Introduced
- 2026-04-15
- Latest action
- 2026-05-14 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Elhawaryauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-05-14
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-20
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-04-16
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-15
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 14).
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2026-03-16
Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and PUB. S.
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2026-02-19
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2026-02-18
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2026-04-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Elhawary: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Solache: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 7-1
Member-level votes (9)
- Ramos: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Haney: yes
- Alanis: no
- Lackey: other
Related bills
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