CA AB 749

Title: Youth Sports for All Act.
Author: Sharon Quirk-Silva

Summary
AB 749, as amended, McKinnor. Youth Sports for All Act. Existing law authorizes public and private secondary schools to participate in interscholastic sports, and authorizes schools to enter into associations or consortia to enact and enforce rules relating to eligibility for, and participation in, these activities. Existing law recognizes the California Interscholastic Federation to be a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools.Existing law provides various programs for youth and adolescent health, including requiring a youth sports organization that elects to offer an athletic program to ensure athletes have access to an automated external defibrillator during official practice and regulating youth football. Existing law also authorizes a community youth athletic program to request state and federal level criminal history information for volunteer or hired coach candidates.This bill, the Youth Sports for All Act, would require the Secretary of California Health and Human Services and other relevant agencies or departments as determined by the Secretary, to, on or before March 1, 2026, establish and convene the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Development of a California Department of Youth Sports or an Equivalent Centralized Entity to conduct a comprehensive study on the need for and feasibility of creating a centralized entity charged with supporting and regulating youth sports, as provided. The bill would require the commission to, on or before January 1, 2027, submit the study to the Legislature and the Governor. The bill would make its provisions contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature or upon the California Health and Human Services Agency obtaining sufficient funds from federal, non-profit, or private sources. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2029.

Status
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

Bill Documents
CA AB 749 - 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly
03/28/25 - CA AB 749 (03/28/25 - Amended Assembly)