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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 840

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: grants for homeless youths, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Children and families, department of Public assistance Youth

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Children and Families to create a program

to provide grants for housing for homeless youths and for programs that assist

homeless youths in finding stable housing. Under the bill, homeless youths are

defined as minors who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. The

definition of homeless youths includes minors who share other people's housing due

to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; live in motels, hotels,

trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate

accommodations; live in emergency or transitional shelters; live in cars, parks,

public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus stations, or similar

settings; are abandoned in a hospital; or are awaiting foster care placement.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Goyke (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Mason (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Ringhand (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Wachs (D) , Wright (D) , Young (D)

2 cosponsors

Lassa (D) , Risser (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 4, 2014 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Sargent, Berceau, Goyke, Hesselbein, Mason, Ohnstad, Pope, Ringhand, Shankland, Wachs, Wright and Young; cosponsored by Senators Risser and Lassa

  2. Mar 4, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  4. Jun 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received