AB-1120 • 2026

Foster care: rights of foster youth.

Children Healthcare

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Elhawary
Last action: 2025-08-29
Official status: In committee: Held under submission.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not mention the inclusion of gender identity in the educational resources provided by the State Department of Social Services.

Foster Care: Rights of Foster Youth

This law requires the State Department of Social Services to provide educational resources about grooming and hygiene products that respect a child's culture and ethnicity to foster parents and other caregivers.

What This Bill Does

Requires the State Department of Social Services to give out information on appropriate grooming and hygiene products for foster children.
Ensures this information respects each child’s cultural background and ethnic heritage.
Provides these resources to foster parents and other caregivers as needed.

Who It Names or Affects

Foster youth who receive care from the state
Foster parents and other caregivers

Terms To Know

Child welfare services: Public social services aimed at protecting children, keeping families together when possible, and helping reunite children with their families.
Foster care: A system where children who cannot live with their parents are placed in homes of approved caregivers.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how the educational resources will be created or distributed.
It is unclear if there are any funding provisions for creating and distributing these resources.

Bill History

2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
In committee: Held under submission.
2025-07-14 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-01 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-18 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2025-06-04 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1987.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-10 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1120, as introduced, Elhawary.
Foster care: rights of foster youth.
Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings and governs the provision of child welfare services, which is defined to mean public social services that are directed toward the accomplishment of specified purposes, including protecting and promoting the welfare of all children, preventing the unnecessary separation of children from their families, and restoring to their families children who have been removed. Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state that all minors and nonminors in foster care have specified rights, including, among others, the right to receive medical, dental, vision, and mental health services, the right to receive grooming and hygiene products that respect the child’s culture, ethnicity, and gender identity and expression, the right to be informed of these rights in an age-appropriate and developmentally
appropriate manner, and the right to receive a copy of these rights, at specified intervals.
This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to provide to foster parents and others as appropriate educational resources related to grooming and hygiene products appropriate for the child’s culture and ethnicity.

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