California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill
SB 1109: Short-term residential therapeutic programs.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 1109 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 17, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Short-term residential therapeutic programs. Primary sponsor: Marie Alvarado-Gil (R). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (July 1, 2026): June 30 set for first hearing. Held in committee without recommendation.
Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written
Official summary
Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.
Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, including short-term residential therapeutic programs, by the State Department of Social Services, and defines a short-term residential therapeutic program as a residential facility licensed by the department and operated by any public agency or private organization that provides an integrated program of specialized and intensive care and supervision, services and supports, treatment, and short-term, 24-hour care and supervision to children that is trauma-informed. Under the act, the department is authorized to issue citations for violations of these provisions.
This bill would, notwithstanding any law and commencing January 1, 2027, require licenses for short-term residential therapeutic programs to be renewed annually if the licensee has a total of 5 or more specified citations in the past 12 months. The bill would require that the licensee not be subject to ongoing annual review if it receives less than 5 violations in the 12 months following an annual license review.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Alvarado-Gil | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 4 |
| Heather Hadwick | Co-sponsor | Republican | Assembly | 1 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- June 30 set for first hearing. Held in committee without recommendation.
- Referred to Com. on HUM. S.
- In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
- Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4419.) Ordered to the Assembly.
- Ordered to special consent calendar.
- Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4265.) (May 14).
- Set for hearing May 14.
- May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Set for hearing May 4.
- Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3955.) (April 20).