Existing law establishes the Independent Living Program (ILP) , that, among its purposes, provides training in daily living skills, budgeting, locating and maintaining housing, and career planning for foster youth up to 21 years of age. Existing federal law authorizes a state, under certain circumstances, to expand eligibility for the ILP to former foster youth who have not attained 23 years of age. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services, with the approval of the federal government, to amend the foster care state plan to permit all eligible children to be served by the ILP up to 21 years of age.
California SB 624 (20252026) — Nonminor dependents: tax guidance.
Existing law establishes the Independent Living Program (ILP) , that, among its purposes, provides training in daily living skills, budgeting, locating and maintaining housing, and career planning for foster youth up to 21 years of age. Existing federal law authorizes a state, under certain circumstances, to expand eligibility for the ILP to former foster youth who have not attained 23 years of age. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services, with the approval of the federal government, to amend the foster care state plan to permit all eligible children to be served by the ILP up to 21 years of age.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent SB624 Caballero et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Caballero — primary (person)
Ashby — coauthor (person)
Bryan — coauthor (person)
Cortese — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Wahab — coauthor (person)
Weber Pierson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-03-05 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2025-03-13 Set for hearing April 7.
2025-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 682.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-09 Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21 April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1207.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1292.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2025-06-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2817.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-09 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2928.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 230, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb0872d0-3fc7-4546-965d-ddd40d7bb813. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).