Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of runaway and homeless youth shelters by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law requires these shelters to offer short-term, 24-hour, nonmedical care and supervision and personal services to homeless youth and runaway youth, as those terms are defined, who voluntarily enter the shelter. Existing law defines "short-term" to mean no more than 21 consecutive days.
California AB 1235 (20192020) — Youth homelessness prevention centers.
Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of runaway and homeless youth shelters by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law requires these shelters to offer short-term, 24-hour, nonmedical care and supervision and personal services to homeless youth and runaway youth, as those terms are defined, who voluntarily enter the shelter. Existing law defines "short-term" to mean no more than 21 consecutive days.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1235 Chu Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1235 Chu et al. By Caballero — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1235 Chu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Chu — primary (person)
Beall — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2019-03-11 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2019-03-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-03-14 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2019-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1478.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2019-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2019-07-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2282.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2898.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2019-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 341, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea293844-3f8b-4644-9cfc-5e69ba749764. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).