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AB-329 • 2026

California Healthy Youth Act: adoption.

California Healthy Youth Act: adoption.

Abortion Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Castillo
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide detailed specifics about the types of adoption resources and support required, leaving this aspect somewhat vague.

California Healthy Youth Act: Adoption

This law requires schools in California to include comprehensive information about adoption as part of their sexual health and HIV prevention education.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires schools to provide a detailed discussion on the types of adoption, rights of birth parents who choose adoption, and local resources for adoption support when teaching about pregnancy outcomes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students in grades 7 to 12 in California
  • Local educational agencies like school districts and charter schools

Terms To Know

Comprehensive sexual health education
Education that covers topics related to human sexuality, including contraception, pregnancy prevention, and safe sex practices.
State-mandated local program
A program where the state requires local agencies or schools to follow certain rules or provide specific services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much funding will be provided for these new requirements.
  • It is unclear what types of adoption resources and support are specifically required by this law.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).

  2. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, second hearing. Failed passage.

  3. 2025-03-20 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  4. 2025-02-27 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  5. 2025-02-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.

  6. 2025-01-28 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.

  7. 2025-01-27 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 329, as introduced, Castillo.
California Healthy Youth Act: adoption.
Existing law, the California Healthy Youth Act, requires school districts, charter schools, county boards of education, county superintendents of schools, the California School for the Deaf, and the California School for the Blind to ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education, as specified. The act requires that instruction to include, among other things, information about the effectiveness and safety of all federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved contraceptive methods in preventing pregnancy, including, but not limited to, emergency contraception, and requires instruction on pregnancy to include an objective discussion of all legally available pregnancy outcomes, including, but not limited to, parenting, adoption, and abortion.
This bill would require the discussion of adoption to include a comprehensive explanation of, and information on, the types of adoption, the rights of a placing birth parent, and specific local adoption resources and support. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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