CA AB 896
enactedFoster care: placement transition planning.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 896 pass?
Yes. CA AB 896 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 564, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 896 about?
Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings. Existing law requires, prior to making a change in the placement of a dependent child, a social worker or probation officer to develop and implement a placement preservation strategy to preserve the dependent child's placement. This bill would, among other things, require each county child welfare agency to adopt a placement transition planning policy for supporting foster children who are transitioning between placement settings and who are transitioning from foster care to reunification, and requires that the policy ensures that foster children are provided the opportunity to provide input on their placement transition and provides guidance to social workers for obtaining input and sharing information in placement transition planning. The bill would require, if a child's placement cannot be preserved, the social worker to ensure that there is appropriate placement transition planning, consistent with the county's adopted policy. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to issue guidance to county child welfare agencies to describe best practices and strategies for successful placement transition planning, and would require county child welfare agencies to submit to the department its placement transition planning policy, as specified. By imposing new duties on counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA AB 896?
Elhawary is the primary sponsor of CA AB 896, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings. Existing law requires, prior to making a change in the placement of a dependent child, a social worker or probation officer to develop and implement a placement preservation strategy to preserve the dependent child's placement. This bill would, among other things, require each county child welfare agency to adopt a placement transition planning policy for supporting foster children who are transitioning between placement settings and who are transitioning from foster care to reunification, and requires that the policy ensures that foster children are provided the opportunity to provide input on their placement transition and provides guidance to social workers for obtaining input and sharing information in placement transition planning. The bill would require, if a child's placement cannot be preserved, the social worker to ensure that there is appropriate placement transition planning, consistent with the county's adopted policy. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to issue guidance to county child welfare agencies to describe best practices and strategies for successful placement transition planning, and would require county child welfare agencies to submit to the department its placement transition planning policy, as specified. By imposing new duties on counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-17
- Latest action
- 2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 564, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Elhawaryauthor
- Rivasprincipal coauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-03-17
Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
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2025-03-17
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-18
Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
referral-committee
2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-07
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).
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2025-05-08
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-05-15
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1569.)
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2025-05-15
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-28
Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
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2025-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-30
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-09
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-11
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2931.).
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2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3381.).
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2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-10
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 564, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lee: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Calderon: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-05-07 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hart: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Dixon: yes
AB 896 Elhawary Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-05-15 · pass · 69-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Alvarez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Bains: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Addis: yes
- Krell: yes
- Solache: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Soria: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ward: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Berman: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Davies: yes
- Haney: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Lee: yes
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Alanis: other
- Stefani: other
- Bennett: other
- Hart: other
- Arambula: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Caloza: other
- Castillo: other
- Ramos: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-06-16 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Limón: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-06-30 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
Special Consent AB896 Elhawary et al. By Ashby
2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
AB 896 Elhawary Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-12 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Flora: other
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