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CA AB 785

in committee

Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 785 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 785 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 785 about?

Existing law establishes the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program, administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections, to award competitive grants for the purpose of violence intervention and prevention. Existing law establishes the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program within the Board of State and Community Corrections to grant funds, upon appropriation, to local jurisdictions and Indian tribes for the purpose of implementing trauma-informed diversion programs for minors, as specified. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work. Existing law requires a school of a school district or county office of education and a charter school to notify pupils and parents or guardians of pupils no less than twice during the school year on how to initiate access to available pupil mental health services on campus or in the community, or both, as provided. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, in cooperation with the State Department of Education, to establish a Public School Health Center Support Program, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to assist school health centers, which are defined as centers or programs, located at or near local educational agencies, that provide age-appropriate health care services at the program site or through referrals, as specified. This bill would create the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program to be administered by the California Health and Human Services Agency to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools. The bill would specify the types of programs the grant funds may be used for, including, but not limited to, programs that create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth during peak times of violence and the creation and operation of school-based health centers. The bill would require the agency to develop an application process and criteria for funding and would require the agency to administer the grant program, as specified. The bill would require, beginning July 31, 2026, and annually thereafter, the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analyst's Office to calculate the savings to the state from the closure of state prisons, as specified, and would require the Director of Finance to certify the results of the calculation to the Controller no later than August 1 of each fiscal year. The bill would create the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund and would require moneys in the fund to be made available, only upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the agency for the purposes of the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program. The bill would require that the Controller, before August 15, 2026, and annually thereafter, upon appropriation by the Legislature, transfer from the General Fund to the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund the total amount of savings from the closure of state prisons so calculated.

Who sponsors CA AB 785?

Sharp-Collins is the primary sponsor of CA AB 785, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law establishes the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program, administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections, to award competitive grants for the purpose of violence intervention and prevention. Existing law establishes the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program within the Board of State and Community Corrections to grant funds, upon appropriation, to local jurisdictions and Indian tribes for the purpose of implementing trauma-informed diversion programs for minors, as specified. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work. Existing law requires a school of a school district or county office of education and a charter school to notify pupils and parents or guardians of pupils no less than twice during the school year on how to initiate access to available pupil mental health services on campus or in the community, or both, as provided. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, in cooperation with the State Department of Education, to establish a Public School Health Center Support Program, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to assist school health centers, which are defined as centers or programs, located at or near local educational agencies, that provide age-appropriate health care services at the program site or through referrals, as specified. This bill would create the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program to be administered by the California Health and Human Services Agency to provide funding to local community programs for community-driven solutions to decrease violence in neighborhoods and schools. The bill would specify the types of programs the grant funds may be used for, including, but not limited to, programs that create and enhance recreation- and health-based interventions for youth during peak times of violence and the creation and operation of school-based health centers. The bill would require the agency to develop an application process and criteria for funding and would require the agency to administer the grant program, as specified. The bill would require, beginning July 31, 2026, and annually thereafter, the Director of Finance and the Legislative Analyst's Office to calculate the savings to the state from the closure of state prisons, as specified, and would require the Director of Finance to certify the results of the calculation to the Controller no later than August 1 of each fiscal year. The bill would create the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund and would require moneys in the fund to be made available, only upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the agency for the purposes of the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Program. The bill would require that the Controller, before August 15, 2026, and annually thereafter, upon appropriation by the Legislature, transfer from the General Fund to the Community Violence Interdiction Grant Fund the total amount of savings from the closure of state prisons so calculated.

Introduced
2025-04-09
Latest action
2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sharp-Collinsauthor
  • Bontaprincipal coauthor
  • Bryanprincipal coauthor
  • Elhawaryprincipal coauthor
  • Gipsonprincipal coauthor
  • Jacksonprincipal coauthor
  • McKinnorprincipal coauthor
  • Ransomprincipal coauthor
  • Wilsonprincipal coauthor
  • Richardsonprincipal coauthor
  • Smallwood-Cuevasprincipal coauthor
  • Weber Piersonprincipal coauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-19

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HEALTH.

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  4. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  5. 2025-04-09

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

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  6. 2025-04-10

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  7. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. 2025-05-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  9. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23).

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  10. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 4. Page 1852.)

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  12. 2025-06-03

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

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  13. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HEALTH.

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  14. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  15. 2025-07-10

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  17. 2025-08-29

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-25 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lackey: other

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

    2025-04-22 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Patel: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Chen: other
    • Flora: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 785 Sharp-Collins Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 64-4

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ellis: no
    • Dixon: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Hoover: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Chen: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Ta: other
    • Flora: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]

    2025-06-24 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Seyarto: no

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-09 · pass · 9-1

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Grove: no
    • Valladares: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

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

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