AB-653 • 2026

Child abuse: mandated reporters: talent agents, managers, and coaches.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Lackey (A) , Blanca Rubio
Last action: 2025-10-06
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 379, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms or training for the new mandated reporters.

Child Abuse Reporting: Talent Agents, Managers, and Coaches

AB-653 adds talent agents, managers, and coaches who provide services to minors as mandated reporters for child abuse or neglect.

What This Bill Does

Adds talent agents, managers, and coaches who provide services to minors as mandated reporters for child abuse and neglect.
Requires these new mandated reporters to report any knowledge or observation of a minor they know or reasonably suspect has been abused or neglected.
Makes it a crime if these individuals fail to report suspected child abuse or neglect.

Who It Names or Affects

Talent agents, managers, and coaches who work with minors
Minors who may be victims of child abuse or neglect

Terms To Know

mandated reporter: A person required by law to report suspected cases of child abuse or neglect.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify an effective date.
It is unclear how this will be enforced or what training these new mandated reporters will receive.

Bill History

2025-10-06 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 379, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-06 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-24 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-13 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3496.).
2025-09-13 California Legislative Information
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-12 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2932.).
2025-09-09 California Legislative Information
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-08 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-04 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-07-14 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-02 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-18 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-06-05 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-04 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2079.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-22 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-04-21 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-25 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-24 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-02-14 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2025-02-13 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 653, Lackey.
Child abuse: mandated reporters: talent agents, managers, and coaches.
Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, requires a mandated reporter, as defined, to report whenever they, in their professional capacity or within the scope of their employment, have knowledge of or observed a child whom the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. Failure by a mandated reporter to report an incident of known or reasonably suspected child abuse or neglect is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months of confinement in a county jail, by a fine of $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine.
This bill would add an individual employed as a talent agent, talent manager, or talent coach, who provides services to a minor, to the list of individuals who are mandated reporters. By imposing the reporting requirements on a new class of persons, for whom failure to
report specified conduct is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11165.7 of the Penal Code proposed by SB 402 and SB 848, to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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