CA SB 290
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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 290 pass?
Not yet. CA SB 290 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
What is CA SB 290 about?
Existing law generally prohibits the governing authority of a school or other institution from unconditionally admitting any person as a pupil of any public or private elementary or secondary school, childcare center, day nursery, nursery school, family daycare home, or development center, unless prior to the person's admission to that institution they have been fully immunized against various diseases, including measles, mumps, and pertussis, subject to any specific age criteria. Existing law establishes the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families using federal, state, and county funds. Existing law also requires all applicants for or recipients of CalWORKs to ensure and provide documentation that each child in the assistance unit who is not required to be enrolled in school has received all age-appropriate immunizations, as specified, and prohibits the needs of all parents or caretaker relatives in the assistance unit from being considered in determining the grant to the assistance unit until the required documentation is provided. Existing law requires a notice of that immunization requirement to be given to an applicant or recipient at the time of application and at the next redetermination of eligibility for aid. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2026, or the date when the State Department of Social Services has made a specified determination, whichever is later, repeal the requirement under CalWORKs for children who are not required to be enrolled in school to be immunized and repeal the prohibition on considering the needs of parents or caretaker relatives in determining the grant to the assistance unit until the required documentation is provided. The bill would instead require that notice to advise applicants and recipients of the existing obligation for children admitted to a public or private elementary or secondary school, childcare center, day nursery, nursery school, family daycare home, or development center, to secure the immunizations required for that admission. Existing law continuously appropriates moneys from the General Fund to defray a portion of county costs under the CalWORKs program. This bill would provide that the continuous appropriation would not be made for the purposes of implementing the bill.
Who sponsors CA SB 290?
Smallwood-Cuevas is the primary sponsor of CA SB 290.
Description
Existing law generally prohibits the governing authority of a school or other institution from unconditionally admitting any person as a pupil of any public or private elementary or secondary school, childcare center, day nursery, nursery school, family daycare home, or development center, unless prior to the person's admission to that institution they have been fully immunized against various diseases, including measles, mumps, and pertussis, subject to any specific age criteria. Existing law establishes the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families using federal, state, and county funds. Existing law also requires all applicants for or recipients of CalWORKs to ensure and provide documentation that each child in the assistance unit who is not required to be enrolled in school has received all age-appropriate immunizations, as specified, and prohibits the needs of all parents or caretaker relatives in the assistance unit from being considered in determining the grant to the assistance unit until the required documentation is provided. Existing law requires a notice of that immunization requirement to be given to an applicant or recipient at the time of application and at the next redetermination of eligibility for aid. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2026, or the date when the State Department of Social Services has made a specified determination, whichever is later, repeal the requirement under CalWORKs for children who are not required to be enrolled in school to be immunized and repeal the prohibition on considering the needs of parents or caretaker relatives in determining the grant to the assistance unit until the required documentation is provided. The bill would instead require that notice to advise applicants and recipients of the existing obligation for children admitted to a public or private elementary or secondary school, childcare center, day nursery, nursery school, family daycare home, or development center, to secure the immunizations required for that admission. Existing law continuously appropriates moneys from the General Fund to defray a portion of county costs under the CalWORKs program. This bill would provide that the continuous appropriation would not be made for the purposes of implementing the bill.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-06
- Latest action
- 2025-08-29 — August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Smallwood-Cuevasauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-06
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-07
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
2025-02-19
Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
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2025-03-13
Set for hearing April 7.
2025-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 682.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-21
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21
April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1194.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-27
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-05-29
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1324.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-29
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-05
Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
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2025-07-02
July 1 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15).
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2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-07 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Pérez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Becker: yes
- Limón: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-04-21 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Dahle: other
Do pass
2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
Special Consent SB290 Smallwood-Cuevas
2025-05-29 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Hurtado: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Becker: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Limón: other
- Reyes: other
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Jones: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Laird: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Choi: yes
- Valladares: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Niello: yes
- Allen: yes
- Richardson: yes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Elhawary: yes
- Lee: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Jackson: yes
Related bills
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