Luz Rivas
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 43
Author
Existing law establishes various social services and programs to address the needs of young people in this state including the California Youth Leadership Project to support and promote civic engagement through scholarships to disconnected and disadvantaged youth. This bill would create the California Youth Empowerment Act to address, among other issues, the growing need to engage youth directly with policymakers. The bill would establish the California Youth Empowerment Commission in state government consisting of 13 voting commissioners between 14 and 25 years of age and meeting specified requirements, with 11 members appointed by the Governor, one at-large member appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one at-large member appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, along with several ex officio, nonvoting members from various geographic regions of the state. The bill would establish the commission to be advisory in nature, for the main purpose of providing meaningful opportunities for civic engagement to improve the quality of life for California's disconnected and disadvantaged youth. The bill would require the commission to conduct regular meetings, in accordance with specified timeframes and procedures, and, among other duties, formally advise and make recommendations to the Legislature, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Governor, on various legislative and fiscal issues affecting youth. The bill would also authorize the commission to draft and approve resolutions, draft model legislation, provide testimony during legislative committee meetings, conduct public hearings, and award prizes or direct grants to organizations. The bill would require the Governor to appoint an executive director of the California Youth Empowerment Commission to assist the commission in carrying out its work, would authorize the commission to accept gifts and grants, and would create the Youth Commission Fund in the State Treasury, with moneys deposited in the fund available for expenditure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to carry out the duties of the commission. The bill would require that its provisions be implemented only if funds are made available in the budget or through gifts and grants. The bill would require the Department of Finance to determine if sufficient funds have been provided and would require the department to publish notice of this determination on its website.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 660, Statutes of 2021.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 2989.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 2497.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 26).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 22).
Action rescinded wherebythe bill was referred to the Com. on JUD.
Referred to Coms. on G.O., HUMAN S. and JUD.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1715.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 20).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 21).
(pending re-refer to Com. on HUM. S.)
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1023.)
Measure version as amended on March 30 corrected.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended.
Referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and HUM. S.
From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB46 | HTML |
| 12/07/20 - Introduced | |
| 03/24/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 03/30/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/15/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/26/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/23/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/15/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/26/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/02/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/13/21 - Enrolled | |
| 10/08/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/13/21- Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review | |
| 04/19/21- Assembly Human Services | |
| 05/03/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/24/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/18/21- Senate Governmental Organization | |
| 07/02/21- Senate Human Services | |
| 08/13/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/26/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/31/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/04/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/08/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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