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State Legislation

Last Updated: February 22, 2021  

Upcoming hearings

• SB 246 (Leyva) Early childhood education: reimbursement rates.
• SB 228 (Leyva) Public postsecondary education: support services for foster youth: Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth Educational Support Program.
• SB 20 (Dodd) Student nutrition: eligibility for CalFresh benefits.

Upcoming committee hearing dates will be updated here on a rolling basis. Please note that bills must be in print for 30 days before they may be heard in committee.

2021 Legislation 

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Child Care & Early Education Legislation 

• AB 22 (McCarty) Transitional kindergarten: enrollment for 4-year old children. Fact Sheet
• AB 92 (Reyes) Preschool and childcare and development services: family fees. Fact sheet
• AB 99 (Irwin) Statewide longitudinal data system: California Cradle-to-Career Data System. Fact Sheet
• AB 321 (Valladares) Childcare services: eligibility. Fact sheet
• AB 393 (Reyes) Child Care and Development Programs Transition. Fact sheet
• AB 477 (Rubio) Child abuse multidisciplinary personnel team: children’s advocacy centers. Fact Sheet
• AB 479 (Grayson) Family daycare homes: prohibiting on smoking.
• AB 568 (R. Rivas) - Early learning and care: complaints about discrimination and exclusion of children: Early Learning and Care Dashboard. Fact Sheet
• NEW AB 791 (Aguiar-Curry) Childcare: trauma-informed childcare training Fact Sheet
• AB 865 (Quirk-Silva) Childcare services: alternative payment programs: direct deposits: reserve funds. Fact Sheet
• NEW AB 1073 (Berman) Community colleges: students enrolled in early childhood education or child development courses: fee waivers.
• NEW AB 1179 (Carrillo) Employer provided benefit: backup childcare.
• NEW AB 1294 (Bonta) Childcare individualized county childcare subsidy plans.
• NEW AB 1345 (Wicks) Childcare.
• NEW AB 1361 (B. Rubio) Childcare and developmental services: preschool: expulsion and suspension: mental health services: reimbursement rates.
• NEW AB 1363 (L. Rivas) Childcare: dual language learners.
• SB 22 (Glazer) Education finance: school facilities: Public Preschool, K-12, and college Health and Safety Bond Act of 2022. Fact Sheet
• SB 50 (Limón) Early learning and care: California Early Learning and Care Program. Fact Sheet
• SB 246 (Leyva) Early childhood education: reimbursement rates. Fact Sheet
• SB 364 (Skinner) Pupil Meals: End Child Hunger Act of 2021. 
• SB 393 (Hurtado) Migrant Childcare and Development programs. Fact Sheet

Foster Care Legislation

• SB 228 (Leyva) Public postsecondary education: support services for foster youth: Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth Educational Support Program. Fact Sheet
  

Low-income & Housing Legislation

• AB 65 (Low) California Universal Basic Income Program.
• AB 115 (Bloom) Planning and zoning: commercial zoning: housing development
• AB 221 (Santiago) Emergency food assistance. Fact Sheet
• AB 357 (Kamlager) Affordable Housing.
• NEW AB 1043 (L. Rivas) Housing programs: rental housing developments: affordable rent: deeply low income households.
• SB 20 (Dodd) Student nutrition: eligibility for CalFresh benefits. Fact Sheet
• SB 61 (Hurtado) Workforce training programs: supportive services. Fact Sheet
• SB 330 (Durazo) California Community Colleges: affordable housing. Fact Sheet 
• NEW SB 464 (Hurtado) California Food Assistance Program: eligibility.
• NEW SB 609 (Hurtado) CalFresh. 

Other

• AB 47 (Reyes) Human services: coordinated immigration support services. Fact Sheet
  
• AB 123 (Gonzales) Paid family leave: weekly benefit amount. Fact Sheet
• NEW AB 367 (C. Garcia) Menstrual products.
• AB 461 (Villapudua) CalWORKS: Welfare-to-work: self-employment. Fact Sheet
• AB 509 (Ngyuen) Child Tax Credit. Fact Sheet
• AB 589 (E. Garcia) Public Social Services. 
• NEW AB 996 (Nazarian) School breakfast and morning snacks: nonschoolaged children. Fact Sheet
• NEW AB 1338 (Low) Public social services programs: eligibility: income: taxation: gross income exclusion.
• NEW AB 1370 (Quirk-Silva) Affordable housing.
  
• NEW AB 1501 (Santiago) Housing. 
• SB 74 (Borgeas) Keep California Working Act. Fact Sheet
• NEW SB 768 (Glazer) CalWORKs: postsecondary education

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