2024 Legislative Priorities

conservation of foster youth survivor benefits

• CAI Position: Co-Sponsor
• Bill Text
• Fact Sheet
• More Information
• CAI Letter to Governor Newsom Requesting Signature (Sept. 3, 2024)
• CAI Co-Sponsor Letter in Support to Assembly Appropriations Committee (4/23/24)
• CAI Co-Sponsor and Support Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee (7/28/24)
• Juvenile Court Judges of California, a section of the California Judges Association, Letter to Governor Newsom Requesting Signature (Sept. 4,2024)
• Over 70 Juvenile Court Judicial Officers Request Governor's Signature on AB 2906 (Sept. 6, 2024)

foster youth protections from identity theft

• CAI Position: Co-Sponsor
• Bill Text
• CAI Letter to Governor Newsom Requesting Signature (Sept. 3, 2024)

In the News:

• Fox 5 News - (Feb 23, 2024)
• KUSI News - (Feb. 23, 2024)
• KUSI News - (Feb. 23, 2024)
• USD News Center: Children’s Advocacy Institute Co-Sponsors Bill to Protect Foster Youth from Identity Theft (March 1, 2024)

Justice through Placing Foster Children with Families Act - family finding

• CAI Position: Sponsor
• Bill Text
• Tool Kit for Supporters
• CAI Sponsor Letter in Support to Assembly Appropriations Committee (4/23/24)

In the News:

• KCRA3: Sacramento County ranks worst among major California counties for placing foster kids with families (Dec. 21, 2023)
• No Family for the Holidays in Sacramento, Investigative Report (Dec. 2023)
• KCRA3: New California bill would push for more foster youth placed with relatives (Feb. 21, 2024)
• KCRA 3: Bill holds California counties accountable for foster care family placement as a result of KCRA investigation (Apr. 9, 2024)
• KCRA 3: Sacramento County’s foster system for teens is ‘woefully broken,’ grand jury finds (June 13, 2024)
• KCRA 3: Bill requiring counties to place foster kids with family passes committee (June 18, 2024)

Foster Care Justice through Meaningful Help for Parents Act - evidence-based family services in child welfare proceedings

• CAI Position: Sponsor
• Bill Text
• Tool Kit for Supporters
• CAI Letter to Governor Newsom Requesting Signature (Sept. 3, 2024)
• CAI Sponsor Letter in Support to Assembly Appropriations Committee (4/23/24)
• CAI's Research Memorandum: Research Into State-Wide or County-Level Scrutiny of the Qualifications or Outcomes of CWS Service Providers (Feb. 2024)

In the News:

• Los Angeles Times: Parenting classes are routinely ordered in child abuse cases. California isn’t ensuring they work (Jan. 4, 2024)
• Los Angeles Times: California bill proposes new standards for court-ordered parenting classes after Times investigation (Feb. 22, 2024)

criminal liability for AI-generated child pornography

• CAI Position: Co-Sponsor
• Bill Text
• Co-Sponsor Letter (Feb 26, 2024)

In the News:

• KVTA: Ventura County DA Involved In Effort To Ban A-I Generated Child Pornography (Jan. 30, 2024)

Cyberbullying Protection Act

• CAI Position: Co-Sponsor
• Bill Text
• CAI Letter in Support (Mar. 1, 2024)
• CAI Letter in Support to Assembly Judiciary and Assmebly Privacy & Consumer Protection Committees (June 6, 2024)
• CAI Letter to Governor Newsom Requesting Signature (Sept. 3, 2024)

In the News:

• Post News Group: California Legislature Clears Cyberbullying Bill (Sept. 10, 2024)

Social Media Addiction Law

• CAI Position: Support
• Bill Text
• CAI Letter in Support (Mar. 8, 2024)
• CAI Letter in Support to Senate Appropriations Committee (4/23/24)

Age Appropriate Design Act revisions to prohibit use of child data

• CAI Position: Support
• Bill Text
• CAI Letter in Support (Mar. 3, 2024)
• Governor's Veto Statement (Sep. 28, 2024)

“Have a Heart, Be a Star, Help Our Kids” license plate program

• CAI Position: Support
• Bill Text