CaliforniaChild welfare: transport escort services.
What it does
(1) Existing law prohibits a transport escort service from accompanying or transporting a minor to any residential facility or institution located outside the state, unless the person or persons transporting or accompanying the minor are trustline-registered childcare providers. Existing law also requires every transport escort service that accompanies or transports a minor who is a resident of California to any residential facility or institution located outside the state to first provide the minor's parents, custodial parent, or legal guardian with specified information, including, among others things, a description of the childcare provider trustline registry. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor.
More detail
This bill, the Safe Passage for Youth Act, would expand those provisions relating to transport escort services to apply when accompanying or transporting a minor, without regard to whether the destination is an out-of-state residential facility or institution. The bill would revise the definition of a "transport escort service" and also make these provisions inapplicable to the transport of minors by a transportation network company, minors in the care of a community care facility, or an individual providing private childcare, casual babysitting, or domestic nanny services, if certain conditions are met. The bill would also require a transport escort service accompanying or transporting a minor to an out-of-state facility to provide the minor's parents with specified information, including an explanation of how a parent may obtain more information about the childcare provider trustline registry. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would also impose various additional requirements and restrictions on transport escort services, including, among other things, a requirement that they maintain written policies governing the safety and welfare of minors and a prohibition on using behavioral restraints unless it is necessary to prevent imminent, serious physical harm and less restrictive alternatives are not available. The bill would authorize the Attorney General to bring an action in superior court to enforce these provisions if a transport escort service engages in repeated or egregious violations of any of the above provisions.
(2) Existing law, the Private Investigator Act, provides for the license and regulation of private investigators, as provided. The act defines private investigator to mean a person who engages in business or accepts employment to furnish any person to protect persons or investigation for the purposes of obtaining information, as specified.
Under this bill, a private investigator license issued under the act would not constitute or confer a permit to operate as a transport escort service. Under the bill, a transport escort service would not be required to hold a private investigator license under the act solely by reason of transporting or accompanying a minor.
(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 30Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1015, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 3Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 27Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6022.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB1190 Grove et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 25In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 1190 Grove Senate Third Reading By Jeff Gonzalez. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 25Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6498.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 17Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 13Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jul 2Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jul 2From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1).Major
- Jul 1From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 30
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Communications and Conveyance]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 25Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- Jun 23From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.Major
- Jun 16June 16 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Jun 1Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and PUB. S.Minor
- May 22In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Special Consent. Result: pass.Upper
- May 22Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4419.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 20Ordered to special consent calendar.
- May 14Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4268.) (May 14).Minor
- May 8Set for hearing May 14.
- May 4May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24Set for hearing May 4.
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3983.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 21
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 20From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3955.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 14Set for hearing April 21 in PUB. S. pending receipt.
- Apr 13From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.Major
- Apr 9Set for hearing April 20.
- Apr 8Re-referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and PUB. S.Minor
- Mar 25From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Mar 4Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- Feb 19Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced