Homeless youth: Statewide Office of the Homeless Youth Advocate.
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AB 2547 — Homeless youth: Statewide Office of the Homeless Youth Advocate.
Last action — In committee: Held under submission.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Assembly
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Under existing law, several state agencies have prescribed responsibilities relating to homeless youth. Existing law requires the California Emergency Management Agency to administer a program to provide shelter and other services to runaway and nonrunaway youth and their families. This bill would establish the Statewide Office of the Homeless Youth Advocate in the California Health and Human Services Agency. This bill would require the office, among other things, to provide information and assistance to reduce the provision of overlapping services to, identify obstacles to the provision of services to, make recommendations to remove those obstacles and improve the quality of services provided to, and update and disseminate information received from service providers relating to services available for, homeless youth.
Bill Text
- Amended 05/25/12 - Amended Assembly Current pdf May 25, 2012
- Amended 05/01/12 - Amended Assembly pdf May 01, 2012
- Introduced 02/24/12 - Introduced pdf February 24, 2012
- AB2547 View text html
Action History
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In committee: Held under submission.
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In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Referred to Com. on G.O.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 21. Page 5140.)
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25).
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Read second time and amended.
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From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 24).
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Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
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Read first time.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
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Introduced. To print.
Sponsors
- Blumenfield · Primary
- Hall · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 3 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Blumenfield
Co-sponsors (1)
- Hall
Not signed on (120)
120 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 120 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Dutton | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 69% | 23% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (13)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Cannella | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| De León | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Nay |
| Hernandez | — | Not Voting |
| Walters | — | Nay |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Nay |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 51 | 20 | 0 | 6 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 52 | 21 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 65% | 26% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (80)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Gorell | — | Nay |
| Halderman | — | Nay |
| Butler | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Huber | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Alejo | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| John A. Pérez | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Bonilla | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Not Voting |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Nay |
| Fletcher | — | Not Voting |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Nay |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Nay |
| Cook | — | Nay |
| Davis | — | Not Voting |
| Donnelly | — | Nay |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Nay |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Nay |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Nay |
| Nielsen | — | Nay |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Perea | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Nay |
| Smyth | — | Nay |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Valadao | — | Not Voting |
| Wagner | — | Nay |
| Achadjian | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Nay |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Mansoor | — | Nay |
| Morrell | — | Nay |
| Norby | — | Not Voting |
| Olsen | — | Nay |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Not Voting |
| Dickinson | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Nay |
| Beth Gaines | — | Nay |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Bonnie Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Roger Hernández | — | Yea |
| V. Manuel Pérez | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 71% | 29% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (17)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Gatto | — | Yea |
| Campos | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Lara | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Nay |
| Donnelly | — | Nay |
| Nielsen | — | Nay |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Norby | — | Nay |
| Wagner | — | Nay |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 83% | 0% | 0% | 17% |
How each member voted (6)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Not Voting |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 2547 do?
- Under existing law, several state agencies have prescribed responsibilities relating to homeless youth. Existing law requires the California Emergency Management Agency to administer a program to provide shelter and other services to runaway and nonrunaway youth and their families. This bill would establish the Statewide Office of the Homeless Youth Advocate in the California Health and Human Services Agency. This bill would require the office, among other things, to provide information and assistance to reduce the provision of overlapping services to, identify obstacles to the provision of services to, make recommendations to remove those obstacles and improve the quality of services provided to, and update and disseminate information received from service providers relating to services available for, homeless youth.
- Who sponsors AB 2547?
- AB 2547 is sponsored by Blumenfield and Hall.
- What is the current status of AB 2547?
- This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track AB 2547?
- Track AB 2547 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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