Download the Updated Bill List May 2012.
Priority Bills List (Updated May 2012)
| HIGH PRIORITY BILLS | POSITION |
| AB 2547 (Blumenfield) – Office of the Homeless Youth Advocate Bill passed with minor amendments out of Assembly Human Services with a 5-0-1 (abstain) vote and moves on to Assembly Appropriations. |
Support (Sponsoring) |
| AB 2186 (Grove) – Youth Telephone Referral Network Transparency Author agreed to proposed amendments to elimate the competative bidding while still codifying the program. Bill passed out of Assembly Human Services committee with a 6-0 vote and moves on to Assembly Appropriations Committee. |
Support (previous position was Oppose Unless Amended) |
| SB 9 (Yee) – Juvenile Sentencing Bill has made no progress, but has until August 31 at midnight to be passed. |
Support |
| SB 119 (Lowenthal) – Regulating Emergency Youth Shelter Bill currently being held while we work directly with the California Department of Social Services to develop regulations. |
Support (Co-sponsoring) |
| SB 1220 (DeSaulnier) – Homes Act Bill has passed out of both the Senate Transportation committee and Senate Governance Committee and will be moving to Senate Appropriations Committee. |
Support |
| AB 1167 (Fong) – Interagency Council on Homelessness Bill currently on Senate Appropriations suspense file. Has until August 2012 to move. |
Support If Amended |
| SB 803 (DeSaulnier) – California Youth Leadership Project Bill has made no progress |
Support |
| AB 233 (Hall) – YMCA Youth & Government Fund Bill has made no progress. |
Oppose |
| LOW PRIORITY BILLS | POSITION |
| AB 526 (Dickenson) – Prevention Funding for Juvenile Justice Bill has made no progress. |
Support |
| AB 823 (Dickenson) – Children’s Cabinet of California Bill currently on Senate Appropriations suspense file and has until August 2012 to be amended. |
Support |
| AB 1564 (Lara) – Mandated Reporters Bill has been removed by the author and will not be pursued. |
Support |
| AB 1712 (Beall) – Fostering Connections to Success Bill passed with amendments out of Assembly Human Services committee and moves to Assembly Appropriations. |
Support |
| AB 2040 (Swanson) – Human Trafficking Bill has been placed on Assembly Appropriations suspense file. |
Support |
| AB 2241 (Dickenson) – Transitioning Youth for Success Bill passed with amendments out of Assembly Education and moves to Assembly Appropriations. |
Support |
| SB 1363 (Yee) – Solitary Confinement of Juveniles Bill failed passage in Senate Public Safety committee. Reconsideration was granted, but the bill failed again in the same committee. Bill is now considered dead. |
Support |
