Youth Sports for All Act.

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

Sponsor: McKinnor (A) , Quirk-Silva
Last action: 2025-10-13
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 705, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not specify how volunteers and hired coaches are affected beyond existing laws.

Youth Sports for All Act

The Youth Sports for All Act requires the creation of a Blue Ribbon Commission to study and recommend ways to support and regulate youth sports in California, contingent on funding from state or other sources.

What This Bill Does

Requires the State Public Health Officer to establish and convene the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Development of a California Department of Youth Sports or an Equivalent Centralized Entity.
The commission must study whether creating a centralized entity for youth sports is needed and feasible, with a deadline of July 1, 2026, or six months after implementation starts, whichever is later.
After completing its study, the commission has to submit it to the Legislature and the Governor before January 1, 2028, or two years after implementation begins, whichever is later.
Creates the Youth Sports Blue Ribbon Commission Fund in the State Treasury for funding the commission's work.

Who It Names or Affects

Youth sports organizations
The California Department of Public Health

Terms To Know

Blue Ribbon Commission: A special group formed to study an important issue.
Centralized Entity: An organization that brings together different parts of a system under one management.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill's provisions will end on January 1, 2033.
Implementation depends on getting enough money from the state or other sources.

Bill History

2025-10-13 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 705, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-13 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-22 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-10 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 7. Page 3249.).
2025-09-08 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2593.).
2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
2025-08-18 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-14 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 9).
2025-06-11 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 3. Page 1906.)
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 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-07 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-22 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-22 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2025-04-01 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S., & T.
2025-03-28 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S., & T. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-18 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S., & T.
2025-03-17 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S., & T. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-17 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S., & T. and ED.
2025-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-02-18 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 749, McKinnor.
Youth Sports for All Act.
Existing law provides various programs for youth and adolescent health, including requiring a youth sports organization that elects to offer an athletic program to ensure athletes have access to an automated external defibrillator during official practice and regulating youth football. Existing law also authorizes a community youth athletic program to request state and federal level criminal history information for volunteer or hired coach candidates.
This bill, the Youth Sports for All Act, would require the
State Public Health Officer to establish and convene the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Development of a California Department of Youth Sports or an Equivalent Centralized Entity to conduct a comprehensive study on the need for and feasibility of creating a centralized entity charged with supporting and regulating youth sports, as provided, on or before July 1, 2026, or 6 months after implementation commences as described below, whichever is later. The bill would require the commission to submit the study to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2028, or 2 years
after implementation commences, whichever is later. The bill would make implementation of its provisions contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature or upon the State Department of Public Health obtaining sufficient funds from federal, nonprofit, or private sources.
This bill would create the Youth Sports Blue Ribbon Commission Fund in the State Treasury and would authorize moneys in the account to be expended by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of the commission. The bill would create
the Youth Sports Blue Ribbon Commission Special Fund Subaccount within the fund for the receipt and deposit of the aforementioned federal, nonprofit, or private moneys, and would continuously appropriate moneys in the subaccount to the department for purposes of the commission, thereby making an appropriation.
This bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2033.

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