Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate transitional housing placement providers, which is defined as organizations licensed by the department to provide transitional housing to foster children at least 16 years of age and not more than 18 years of age and to nonminor dependents to promote their transition to adulthood. Existing law requires the department to adopt regulations governing transitional housing placement living arrangement requirements for minors and nonminor dependents, including allowing a participant to share a bedroom or unit with certain other individuals and requiring all counties and program contracts to allow participants and those certain other individuals to share bedrooms, bathrooms, and units together, regardless of gender identity. Under existing law, a violation of the act is a misdemeanor.
California AB 1314 (20252026) — Transitional housing placement providers.
Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate transitional housing placement providers, which is defined as organizations licensed by the department to provide transitional housing to foster children at least 16 years of age and not more than 18 years of age and to nonminor dependents to promote their transition to adulthood. Existing law requires the department to adopt regulations governing transitional housing placement living arrangement requirements for minors and nonminor dependents, including allowing a participant to share a bedroom or unit with certain other individuals and requiring all counties and program contracts to allow participants and those certain other individuals to share bedrooms, bathrooms, and units together, regardless of gender identity. Under existing law, a violation of the act is a misdemeanor.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1314 Ahrens Assembly Third Reading — 78–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ahrens — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2025-03-10 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2025-03-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-11 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 1886.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2025-06-17 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
2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2507.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 4. Page 3036.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 187, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09bb1e32-d2ed-4e90-a879-047028947e3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).