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CA AB 708

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California Youth Football Act: safety equipment.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law, the California Youth Football Act, requires a youth sports organization that conducts a tackle football program to comply with certain requirements, including, among other things, not conducting more than 2 full-contact practices per week during the preseason and regular season, not holding a full-contact practice during the off-season, and having each football helmet reconditioned and recertified every other year, as specified. This bill would require a youth tackle football league, youth sports organization that conducts a tackle football program, or coach of a youth sports organization to allow youth tackle football participants to use safety equipment, including soft-shelled add-ons on football helmets. The bill would authorize a court to grant injunctive relief to remedy a violation or threatened violation of this requirement, and would entitle a prevailing plaintiff who obtains injunctive relief to reasonable attorney's fees and costs.

Introduced
2025-03-26
Status date
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Latest action
2026-06-15 — In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Valenciaauthor
  • Quirk-Silvacoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-15

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S., & T. and JUD.

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  4. 2025-03-18

    Coauthors revised.

  5. 2025-03-18

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  6. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25).

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  7. 2025-03-27

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  8. 2025-03-28

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  9. 2025-04-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1004.)

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  10. 2025-04-03

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

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  11. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH, JUD. and APPR.

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  12. 2025-06-12

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  13. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2025-07-03

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  15. 2026-06-15

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-03-18 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Lackey: yes

  • Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-03-25 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Zbur: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Essayli: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bryan: yes

  • AB 708 Valencia Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-04-03 · pass · 74-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Bennett: other
    • Addis: other
    • Wilson: other
    • Wicks: other
    • Carrillo: other

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

    2025-06-11 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Gonzalez: other
    • Weber Pierson: other

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

    2025-06-24 · pass · 12-0

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

  • Placed on suspense file

    2026-06-15 · pass · 7-0

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

Related bills

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB708

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