AB 1720 Passes Assembly Human Services Committee

Sacramento, CA – Today, Assemblymember Chris Holden’s bill AB 1720 - Care facilities: criminal background checks passed the Assembly Human Services Committee with 7-0, unanimous, bi-partisan support.

“We are removing barriers to employment opportunities for all Californians,” said Assemblymember Chris Holden. “The exemption process would be 75 more days of unemployment and 75 more days that care facilities need to wait to onboard a qualified candidate – streamlining this helps care facilities and qualified applicants at the same time.”

 AB 1720 would streamline the licensure process for those that have been convicted of a crime to ensure that an unrelated prior conviction does not prohibit a qualified, rehabilitated person from securing employment. The bill would not make major changes to the procedure for licensing foster family homes, certified family homes or resource family homes of a licensed foster family agency.

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