Disparities within the developmental services system.
Existing law establishes within the Health and Welfare Agency a State Department of Developmental Services and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the administration of state developmental centers and the administration and oversight of community programs providing services to consumers with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law requires the department and regional centers to annually collaborate to compile specified data relating to purchase of service authorization, utilization, and expenditure by each regional center, such as the primary language spoken by the consumer and the number of instances a written program plan was provided in a language other than a threshold language, as defined, more than 60 days after a request. Existing law requires a regional center to provide a written copy of an individual program to the consumer within 45 days of their request in a threshold language.
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20212022
AB 1957
California AB 1957 (20212022)
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Disparities within the developmental services system.
California AB 1957 (20212022) — Disparities within the developmental services system.
Existing law establishes within the Health and Welfare Agency a State Department of Developmental Services and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the administration of state developmental centers and the administration and oversight of community programs providing services to consumers with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law requires the department and regional centers to annually collaborate to compile specified data relating to purchase of service authorization, utilization, and expenditure by each regional center, such as the primary language spoken by the consumer and the number of instances a written program plan was provided in a language other than a threshold language, as defined, more than 60 days after a request. Existing law requires a regional center to provide a written copy of an individual program to the consumer within 45 days of their request in a threshold language.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1957 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1957 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent AB1957 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wilson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2022-03-24 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2022-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-04-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2022-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2022-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-07-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-08-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-08 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4978.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-24 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
2022-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 314, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ea27a4a-c3a6-4642-aa63-12215b308433. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).