republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-898.md

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Bill	The Family Urgent Response System.	Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to establish a statewide hotline as the entry point for the Family Urgent Response System, as defined, to respond to calls from caregivers or current or former foster children or youth during moments of instability, as specified. Existing law requires the hotline to include, among other things, referrals to a county-based mobile response system, as specified, for further support and in-person response. Existing law requires the department to collect deidentified, aggregated data, including the number of current and former foster children or youth served through the statewide hotline and the disposition of each call, and requires the department to publish a report on its internet website, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 898	California AB 898 (20252026)	bill	TheFamilyUrgentResponseSystem	enacted	Bryan	5	29	7	2025-02-19	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/6e7a2318-7ac1-4033-9d29-fd714a074613	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB898	668b4218a46374efc755c1a998568b77417f9fa396a725938bbb835a8fd34db6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 898 (20252026) — The Family Urgent Response System.

Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to establish a statewide hotline as the entry point for the Family Urgent Response System, as defined, to respond to calls from caregivers or current or former foster children or youth during moments of instability, as specified. Existing law requires the hotline to include, among other things, referrals to a county-based mobile response system, as specified, for further support and in-person response. Existing law requires the department to collect deidentified, aggregated data, including the number of current and former foster children or youth served through the statewide hotline and the disposition of each call, and requires the department to publish a report on its internet website, as specified.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/19/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/04/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB898 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar 2nd — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB898 Bryan By Menjivar — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 898 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 898 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryan — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2025-03-03 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-28 From Consent Calendar.
• 2025-04-28 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-05-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1479.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-21 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-06-30 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1932.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-07-07 Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
• 2025-07-07 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2025-07-08 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2025-09-04 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2672.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3229.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 716, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e7a2318-7ac1-4033-9d29-fd714a074613. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).