California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 8 D · 1 R cosponsors

AB 46 — California Youth Empowerment Act.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 660, Statutes of 2021.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 07, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 12 sponsors

    1 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (8 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 10 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law establishes various social services and programs to address the needs of young people in this state including the California Youth Leadership Project to support and promote civic engagement through scholarships to disconnected and disadvantaged youth. This bill would create the California Youth Empowerment Act to address, among other issues, the growing need to engage youth directly with policymakers. The bill would establish the California Youth Empowerment Commission in state government consisting of 13 voting commissioners between 14 and 25 years of age and meeting specified requirements, with 11 members appointed by the Governor, one at-large member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one at-large member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, along with several ex officio, nonvoting members from various geographic regions of the state. The bill would establish the commission to be advisory in nature, for the main purpose of providing meaningful opportunities for civic engagement to improve the quality of life for California's disconnected and disadvantaged youth. The bill would require the commission to conduct regular meetings, in accordance with specified timeframes and procedures, and, among other duties, formally advise and make recommendations to the Legislature, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Governor, on various legislative and fiscal issues affecting youth. The bill would also authorize the commission to draft and approve resolutions, draft model legislation, provide testimony during legislative committee meetings, conduct public hearings, and award prizes or direct grants to organizations. The bill would require the Governor to appoint an executive director of the California Youth Empowerment Commission to assist the commission in carrying out its work, would authorize the commission to accept gifts and grants, and would create the Youth Commission Fund in the State Treasury, with moneys deposited in the fund available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to carry out the duties of the commission. The bill would require that its provisions be implemented only if funds are made available in the budget or through gifts and grants. The bill would require the Department of Finance to determine if sufficient funds have been provided and would require the department to publish notice of this determination on its website.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 660, Statutes of 2021.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 2989.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 2497.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 26).

  12. In committee: Referred to suspense file.

  13. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

  16. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 22).

  17. Action rescinded wherebythe bill was referred to the Com. on JUD.

  18. Referred to Coms. on G.O., HUMAN S. and JUD.

  19. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  20. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1715.)

  21. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  22. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 20).

  23. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. Read second time and amended.

  26. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 21).

  27. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  28. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.

  29. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  30. (pending re-refer to Com. on HUM. S.)

  31. Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1023.)

  32. Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R.

  33. Measure version as amended on March 30 corrected.

  34. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended.

  35. Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R.

  36. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended.

  37. Referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and HUM. S.

  38. From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.

  39. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 110 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (110)

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Votes

AB 46 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 71 Yea · 1 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 27000
Unaffiliated 38105
Republican 6003
Total 71108
% of votes cast 89%1%0%10%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Smith — Nay
Cooley — Not Voting
Mathis — Not Voting
Kiley — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Wood — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Levine — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Vince Fong — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB46 Luz Rivas et al. By Wiener

Passed 30 Yea · 4 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 12001
Unaffiliated 17204
Republican 1201
Total 30406
% of votes cast 75%10%0%15%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Kamlager — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Pan — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Min — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Roth — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Newman — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Bates — Not Voting
Borgeas — Not Voting
Wilk — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Cortese, Dave Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 5 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 3001
Republican 0100
Total 5101
% of votes cast 71%14%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Kamlager — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Not Voting
Laird, John Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Republican 1000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Bates — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Human Services]

Passed 11 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8102
Democratic 3000
Republican 0100
Total 11202
% of votes cast 73%13%0%13%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Portantino — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Borgeas — Not Voting
Wilk — Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin Democratic Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Becker, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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AB 46 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading

Passed 73 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 28000
Unaffiliated 39002
Republican 6004
Total 73006
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Smith — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Low — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Levine — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7001
Democratic 6000
Republican 1001
Total 14002
% of votes cast 88%0%0%13%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Levine — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 4000
Unaffiliated 2000
Republican 2000
Total 8000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (8)
Member Party Vote
Villapudua — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Davies, Laurie Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 46 do?
Existing law establishes various social services and programs to address the needs of young people in this state including the California Youth Leadership Project to support and promote civic engagement through scholarships to disconnected and disadvantaged youth. This bill would create the California Youth Empowerment Act to address, among other issues, the growing need to engage youth directly with policymakers. The bill would establish the California Youth Empowerment Commission in state government consisting of 13 voting commissioners between 14 and 25 years of age and meeting specified requirements, with 11 members appointed by the Governor, one at-large member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one at-large member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, along with several ex officio, nonvoting members from various geographic regions of the state. The bill would establish the commission to be advisory in nature, for the main purpose of providing meaningful opportunities for civic engagement to improve the quality of life for California's disconnected and disadvantaged youth. The bill would require the commission to conduct regular meetings, in accordance with specified timeframes and procedures, and, among other duties, formally advise and make recommendations to the Legislature, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Governor, on various legislative and fiscal issues affecting youth. The bill would also authorize the commission to draft and approve resolutions, draft model legislation, provide testimony during legislative committee meetings, conduct public hearings, and award prizes or direct grants to organizations. The bill would require the Governor to appoint an executive director of the California Youth Empowerment Commission to assist the commission in carrying out its work, would authorize the commission to accept gifts and grants, and would create the Youth Commission Fund in the State Treasury, with moneys deposited in the fund available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to carry out the duties of the commission. The bill would require that its provisions be implemented only if funds are made available in the budget or through gifts and grants. The bill would require the Department of Finance to determine if sufficient funds have been provided and would require the department to publish notice of this determination on its website.
Who sponsors AB 46?
AB 46 is sponsored by Hurtado, Melissa (Democratic), Chiu, Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic), Boerner, Tasha (Democratic), Bryan, Isaac G. (Democratic), Low, Rivas, Robert (Democratic), Villapudua, Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican), Garcia, Robert (Democratic), and Carrillo, Juan (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 46?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 07, 2020. Enacted.
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