Bill Commons

CA AB 2324

enacted

Vocational education: youth caregivers.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2324 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2324 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-16): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 95, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2324 about?

Existing law authorizes school districts that maintain high schools to establish work experience programs for the purpose of providing pupils with instruction in skills, attitudes, and understandings necessary for success in employment. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to coordinate the development, on a cyclical basis, of model curriculum standards for required courses of study, including a career technical education course of study for pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, as specified. This bill would, at the next revision of the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards, require the State Department of Education to consider adding content on the role of youth caregivers within the Personal Care and Services career pathway, as provided. The bill would require, by July 1, 2028, the department to provide guidance for the implementation of the Personal Care and Services career pathway, and would explicitly authorize certain types of guidance, including (1) a focus on skills specific to Personal Care and Services occupations, including, but not limited to, in-home caregiving for youth caregivers supporting household family members, and (2) eligibility for youth caregivers caring for a family member in the family member's home for credits through work experience education programs, as provided.

Who sponsors CA AB 2324?

Jeff Gonzalez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2324.

Description

Existing law authorizes school districts that maintain high schools to establish work experience programs for the purpose of providing pupils with instruction in skills, attitudes, and understandings necessary for success in employment. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to coordinate the development, on a cyclical basis, of model curriculum standards for required courses of study, including a career technical education course of study for pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, as specified. This bill would, at the next revision of the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards, require the State Department of Education to consider adding content on the role of youth caregivers within the Personal Care and Services career pathway, as provided. The bill would require, by July 1, 2028, the department to provide guidance for the implementation of the Personal Care and Services career pathway, and would explicitly authorize certain types of guidance, including (1) a focus on skills specific to Personal Care and Services occupations, including, but not limited to, in-home caregiving for youth caregivers supporting household family members, and (2) eligibility for youth caregivers caring for a family member in the family member's home for credits through work experience education programs, as provided.

Introduced
2026-04-06
Latest action
2026-07-16 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 95, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Jeff Gonzalezauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-16

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 95, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-07-16

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-07-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-07-02

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-07-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2026-07-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5189.).

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  7. 2026-06-30

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  8. 2026-06-29

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

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  9. 2026-06-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Com. on ED.

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-05-21

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  12. 2026-05-21

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5230.)

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  13. 2026-05-14

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  14. 2026-05-13

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 13).

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  15. 2026-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-04-20

    Read second time and amended.

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  17. 2026-04-16

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 15).

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  18. 2026-04-07

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

    referral-committee

  19. 2026-04-06

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

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  20. 2026-03-09

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  21. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  22. 2026-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
  • 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-06Compare
  • 04/20/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-20Compare
  • 07/07/26 - Enrolled — 2026-07-07Compare
  • 07/16/26 - Chaptered — 2026-07-16Compare
  • AB2324Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-04-15 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Garcia: yes
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-05-13 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
  • AB 2324 Jeff Gonzalez Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-05-21 · pass · 68-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ta: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ávila Farías: 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
    • Davies: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Elhawary: 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
    • Lowenthal: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Wilson: other
    • Wicks: other
    • Garcia: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Schultz: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Chen: other
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-17 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
  • Consent Calendar 2nd AB2324 Jeff Gonzalez

    2026-07-02 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: other
    • Rubio: other
    • Richardson: other

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