AB-262 (Holden): Parental Consent for Minors
AVFCA Commentary:
Legislation Details
Bill Name: Children’s camps: safety and regulation.
Bill Number: AB-262
Bill Author(s): Holden
Legislative Session / Year: 2021
State: California
AVFCA Position:
Bill Synopsis: While this Public Health Order may be permissible under AB262, passed in 2019, which allows local health officers to take any action they deem necessary during an epidemic, it incorrectly refers to current statute which cannot be changed or conflated. Specifically, the order states “this ability to consent is similar to the concept used elsewhere in state law that minors 12 years old or older may consent to the diagnosis or treatment of infectious diseases, including specifically COVID-19, without parental consent.
LegInfo Bill Link: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB262
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Effective Date if Passed: 01/01/2022
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Be sure to talk to your minor children about parental consent, what is means and why it is especially important with respect to medical treatments that could have severe adverse reactions.
Do not send your children to school on days when there is a vaccine clinic, so they don’t feel pressured into getting the vaccine because everyone else is, and no one gets confused as to whether they have parental consent.
If you live in San Francisco County/City, please read our letter, create your own and send it to Susan.Philip@sfdph.org; Board.of.Supervisors@sfgov.org; brent.jalipa@sfgov.org; jocelyn.wong@sfgov.org.Â
For all counties, go to your County Public Health Department’s website and sign up for their newsletter so you are notified of these types of orders. If your county puts something similar in place, please email A Voice for Choice Advocacy immediately, so we can take action and get others to do the same.
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BILL STATUS
Signed and Chaptered into law
Sent to Governor’s desk
Passed Assembly Floor Vote
Pulled by Author
Awaiting Assembly Floor Vote
Passed Senate Appropriations Committee
Passed Senate Policy Committee(s)
Referred to Senate Policy Committee(s)
Referred to Senate Rules Committee
Passed Assembly Appropriations Committee
Passed Assembly Policy Committee(s)
Referred to Assembly Policy Committee(s)
Introduced
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Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 341, Statutes of 2024 (09/22/24).
09/22/24 Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. (09/05/24).
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.) (08/27/24).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 5367.) (08/26/24).
In Senate. Held at Desk (06/17/24).
From inactive file (06/17/24).
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Holden (09/11/23).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77 (09/06/23).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 2403.) (09/06/23).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). Re-referred to Com. on APPR (07/05/23).
Referred to Com. on HUMAN S (06/07/23).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment (05/26/23).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1749.) (05/25/23).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). Re-referred to Com. on APPR (04/26/23).
Referred to Com. on HUM. S. (02/02/23).
From printer. May be heard in committee February 19 (01/20/23).
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