CA AB 619
deadCalifornia Conservation Corps: training programs: formerly incarcerated individuals: reporting.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 619 pass?
No. CA AB 619 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-02-02): From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
What is CA AB 619 about?
Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps in the Natural Resources Agency and requires the corps to implement and administer the conservation corps program. Existing law authorizes the Director of the California Conservation Corps to establish various training and educational program, including, among others, the Education and Employment Reentry Program, within the corps, to provide education and training to formerly incarcerated individuals who successfully served on a California Conservation Camp program crew. This bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to jointly evaluate the Ventura Training Center and would require the evaluation to include specified components, including, among others, an evaluation of ways to increase the rate of graduated trainees entering the firefighter workforce. The bill would require the departments to submit a report describing the evaluation to certain legislative committees by January 1, 2026, and would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2030. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors CA AB 619?
Ransom is the primary sponsor of CA AB 619.
Description
Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps in the Natural Resources Agency and requires the corps to implement and administer the conservation corps program. Existing law authorizes the Director of the California Conservation Corps to establish various training and educational program, including, among others, the Education and Employment Reentry Program, within the corps, to provide education and training to formerly incarcerated individuals who successfully served on a California Conservation Camp program crew. This bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to jointly evaluate the Ventura Training Center and would require the evaluation to include specified components, including, among others, an evaluation of ways to increase the rate of graduated trainees entering the firefighter workforce. The bill would require the departments to submit a report describing the evaluation to certain legislative committees by January 1, 2026, and would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2030. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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- Latest action
- 2026-02-02 — From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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- bill
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Ransomauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-02
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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2026-01-31
Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
failure
2025-05-23
In committee: Held under submission.
2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-03-17
Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-02-14
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2025-02-13
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2025-04-07 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Pellerin: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Flora: yes
- Haney: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-29 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Mark González: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alanis: yes
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