CA SB 1345

in committee

Foster children: rights of foster youth.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various settings and governs the provision of child welfare services, which is defined to mean public social services that are directed toward the accomplishment of specified purposes, including protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families, and restoring to their families children who have been removed. Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state that all minors and nonminors in foster care have specified rights, including, among others, the right to have storage space for private use, the right to be free from unreasonable searches of personal belongings, the right to be informed of these rights in an age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate manner, and the right to receive a copy of these rights, at specified intervals. Under this bill, the foster youth would have an additional right to have their personal belongings transported during placement changes and other moves in a manner preserving the youth's property and dignity, including the use of suitcases, duffel bags, backpacks, and moving boxes rather than trash bags or other inappropriate receptacles. The bill would also include the right to maintain reasonable access to and use of personal belongings, clothing, and personal items.

Introduced: 2026-02-20
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-07-01 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-02-20
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2026-02-23
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-23
Read first time.
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2026-03-04
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-03-23
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-04-08
Re-referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and APPR.
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2026-04-09
Set for hearing April 20.
2026-04-09
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
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2026-04-21
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3955.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-24
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-05-04
May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4274.) (May 14).
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2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-20
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-05-22
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4420.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-22
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-06-01
Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
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2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
03/23/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-23Compare
04/09/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-09Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-04-20 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Niello: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Pérez: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-04 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass
2026-05-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
Special Consent
2026-05-22 · pass · 33-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Jones: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Limón: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grove: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Choi: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: other
- Hurtado: other
- Padilla: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Stern: other
- Niello: other
- Allen: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-30 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Elhawary: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Lee: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes

Related bills

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