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AB-619 • 2026

California Conservation Corps: training programs: formerly incarcerated individuals: reporting.

California Conservation Corps: training programs: formerly incarcerated individuals: reporting.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Ransom
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about the specific legislative committees to which the report must be submitted.

Reporting Requirements for Ventura Training Center

AB-619 requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to evaluate the Ventura Training Center's effectiveness in preparing formerly incarcerated individuals for firefighting careers and submit a report by January 1, 2026.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to jointly assess the Ventura Training Center’s effectiveness in training formerly incarcerated individuals for firefighting roles.
  • Specifies that the evaluation must include an assessment of how well the center helps trainees become firefighters after completing their training.
  • Asks these departments to submit a report about their findings to certain legislative committees by January 1, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
  • The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • Ventura Training Center

Terms To Know

California Conservation Corps (CCC)
A program run by the state that provides training and jobs for young people, especially those who have been in prison.
Ventura Training Center
A specific facility where formerly incarcerated individuals receive job training to become firefighters.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what will happen after the report is submitted.
  • It's unclear how the evaluation results will be used or if they will lead to changes in the program.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Held under submission.

  4. 2025-05-14 California Legislative Information

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

  5. 2025-04-30 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  6. 2025-04-08 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  7. 2025-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and PUB. S.

  8. 2025-02-14 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  9. 2025-02-13 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 619, as introduced, Ransom.
California Conservation Corps: training programs: formerly incarcerated individuals: reporting.
Existing law establishes the California Conservation Corps in the Natural Resources Agency and requires the corps to implement and administer the conservation corps program. Existing law authorizes the Director of the California Conservation Corps to establish various training and educational program, including, among others, the Education and Employment Reentry Program, within the corps, to provide education and training to formerly incarcerated individuals who successfully served on a California Conservation Camp program crew.
This bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to jointly evaluate the Ventura Training Center and would require the evaluation to include specified components, including, among others, an evaluation of ways to increase the rate of graduated
trainees entering the firefighter workforce. The bill would require the departments to submit a report describing the evaluation to certain legislative committees by January 1, 2026, and would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2030.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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