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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 1646

Juvenile facilities: visitation.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

Existing law establishes the Youth Bill of Rights for all youth confined in a juvenile facility, which includes the right to maintain frequent and continuing contact with parents, guardians, siblings, children, and extended family members, through in-person visits, among others. Existing law regulates the provision of these rights. This bill, the Hug Act, would require that all youth confined in a juvenile facility have the right to engage in certain types of consensual physical contact with visitors during in-person visits, as specified. The bill would require that limitations to this physical contact only be implemented when a significant safety and security concern is present, as described, and would require that all significant safety and security concerns and subsequent contact limitations be documented, as described. The bill would require all juvenile facilities to establish regulations and procedures consistent with these provisions. The bill would make related findings and declarations. To the extent that this bill would impose a higher level of service on local facilities, it would impose a state-mandated local program. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 8:13 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 31, 2026
House		AB 1646 Bryan Concurrence in Senate AmendmentspassSet your home in California to see
Aug 27, 2026
Senate		3rd Reading AB1646 Bryan et al. By BeckerpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 13, 2026
Senate		Do pass as amendedpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 3, 2026
Senate		Placed on suspense filepassSet your home in California to see
Jun 23, 2026
Senate		Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see
May 27, 2026
House		AB 1646 Bryan Assembly Third ReadingpassSet your home in California to see
May 14, 2026
House		Do pass as amended.passSet your home in California to see
Mar 3, 2026
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see

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