AB-1120
Social Services

Foster care: rights of foster youth.

Engrossed
CA
2025-2026 Regular Session
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Key Takeaways

  • Requires the Department of Social Services to provide foster parents with educational resources on culturally appropriate grooming products.
  • Ensures foster youth receive hygiene products that respect their culture, ethnicity, and gender identity.
  • Expands foster youth rights to include access to culturally sensitive personal care items.

Summary

Assembly Member Elhawary's foster care legislation requires the California Department of Social Services to provide foster parents with educational resources about culturally and ethnically appropriate grooming and hygiene products for youth in their care.

The measure builds upon existing foster youth rights by adding specific requirements around cultural competency in daily care. Under current law, foster youth have the right to receive grooming and hygiene products that respect their culture, ethnicity, and gender identity. The new provisions create a formal mechanism for educating caregivers about selecting and providing these products appropriately.

The Department of Social Services would develop and distribute materials to help foster parents understand and meet their obligations regarding culturally sensitive grooming and hygiene support. While the bill mandates the creation of these educational resources, it does not include a direct appropriation, indicating implementation costs would be absorbed within existing departmental budgets.

Key Dates

Next Step
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Services
Next Step
Senate Committee
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Services
Hearing has not been scheduled yet
Vote on Assembly Floor
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AB 1120 Elhawary Assembly Third Reading
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Do pass
Assembly Human Services Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Human Services Hearing
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Introduced
Assembly Floor
Introduced
Read first time. To print.

Contacts

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Monique LimonD
Senator
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Josh BeckerD
Senator
Committee Member
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Rosilicie Ochoa BoghR
Senator
Committee Member
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Jesse ArreguinD
Senator
Committee Member
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Sasha Renee PerezD
Senator
Committee Member
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Monique LimonD
Senator
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Josh BeckerD
Senator
Committee Member
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Rosilicie Ochoa BoghR
Senator
Committee Member
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Jesse ArreguinD
Senator
Committee Member
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Sasha Renee PerezD
Senator
Committee Member
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Sade ElhawaryD
Assemblymember
Bill Author

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Introduced By

Sade Elhawary
Sade ElhawaryD
California State Assembly Member
40% progression
Bill has passed all readings in its first house and is ready to move to the other house (6/3/2025)

Latest Voting History

June 3, 2025
PASS
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
790079PASS

Key Takeaways

  • Requires the Department of Social Services to provide foster parents with educational resources on culturally appropriate grooming products.
  • Ensures foster youth receive hygiene products that respect their culture, ethnicity, and gender identity.
  • Expands foster youth rights to include access to culturally sensitive personal care items.

Get Involved

Act Now!

Email the authors or create an email template to send to all relevant legislators.

Introduced By

Sade Elhawary
Sade ElhawaryD
California State Assembly Member

Summary

Assembly Member Elhawary's foster care legislation requires the California Department of Social Services to provide foster parents with educational resources about culturally and ethnically appropriate grooming and hygiene products for youth in their care.

The measure builds upon existing foster youth rights by adding specific requirements around cultural competency in daily care. Under current law, foster youth have the right to receive grooming and hygiene products that respect their culture, ethnicity, and gender identity. The new provisions create a formal mechanism for educating caregivers about selecting and providing these products appropriately.

The Department of Social Services would develop and distribute materials to help foster parents understand and meet their obligations regarding culturally sensitive grooming and hygiene support. While the bill mandates the creation of these educational resources, it does not include a direct appropriation, indicating implementation costs would be absorbed within existing departmental budgets.

40% progression
Bill has passed all readings in its first house and is ready to move to the other house (6/3/2025)

Key Dates

Next Step
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Services
Next Step
Senate Committee
Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Services
Hearing has not been scheduled yet
Vote on Assembly Floor
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AB 1120 Elhawary Assembly Third Reading
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Appropriations Hearing
Do pass
Assembly Human Services Hearing
Assembly Committee
Assembly Human Services Hearing
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
Introduced
Assembly Floor
Introduced
Read first time. To print.

Latest Voting History

June 3, 2025
PASS
Assembly Floor
Vote on Assembly Floor
AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
790079PASS

Contacts

Profile
Monique LimonD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Josh BeckerD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Rosilicie Ochoa BoghR
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Jesse ArreguinD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
Profile
Sasha Renee PerezD
Senator
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
0 of 6 row(s) selected.
Page 1 of 2
Select All Legislators
Profile
Monique LimonD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Josh BeckerD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Rosilicie Ochoa BoghR
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Jesse ArreguinD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Sasha Renee PerezD
Senator
Committee Member
Profile
Sade ElhawaryD
Assemblymember
Bill Author