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California 20252026

AB 1956

Suicide prevention.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Suicideprevention
Introduced / first action
2026-02-13 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention within the department. Existing law authorizes the office, if established, to perform certain functions, including, among others, conducting state-level assessment of regional and statewide suicide prevention policies and practices and reporting on progress to reduce rates of suicide. Existing law authorizes the office, if established, to focus activities on groups with the highest risk, including youth, Native American youth, older adults, veterans, and LGBTQ people. This bill would authorize the office's activities focused on youth to pay special attention to boys. The bill would additionally authorize the office to focus activities on young men. The bill would require the office, if established, to report to the Legislature, on or before July 1, 2028, on strategies to implement the activities focused on boys and young men.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 163, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

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  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  6. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  7. From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

    committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  10. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

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  11. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  12. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5130.)

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  13. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5013.)

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  14. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. From Consent Calendar.

  16. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  17. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 29).

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  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  20. From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  21. Read first time. To print.

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