Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025.
- Establishes new protections for immigrant families by expanding who can legally care for children when parents are detained.
- Requires schools and daycares to protect immigration status information and follow strict confidentiality protocols.
- Authorizes courts to appoint joint guardians when parents face immigration detention or deportation.
- Extends caregiver authorization affidavits to last one year and includes non-relative caregivers as authorized signers.
Assembly Member Celeste Rodriguez's Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025 revises California's legal framework for protecting minors whose parents face potential separation due to immigration enforcement actions. The legislation modifies caregiver authorization procedures and strengthens privacy protections across educational, childcare, and guardianship systems.
The bill extends the validity of caregiver authorization affidavits to one year and expands who can serve as authorized caregivers to include "nonrelative extended family members" - adults with established relationships to the child or child's relatives. These caregivers gain authority to make educational and medical decisions for minors in their care, while maintaining parents' ultimate decision-making rights except when children's safety is at risk.
For licensed childcare facilities and schools, the act prohibits collecting information about immigration status and requires adoption of standardized protocols, developed by the Attorney General, for handling immigration enforcement requests. Facilities must exhaust all emergency contact options before seeking alternative care arrangements when parents become unavailable. The legislation also mandates confidential reporting of enforcement-related facility contacts to state authorities.
New guardianship provisions allow courts to appoint joint guardians when parents face immigration detention or deportation. These proceedings receive heightened privacy protections - records remain confidential, hearings are closed to the public, and information cannot be shared with immigration authorities without a court order. The bill preserves parents' ability to maintain involvement in their children's care through conditional guardianship arrangements that activate only during periods of forced separation.
Local educational agencies and childcare facilities must implement these changes by July 2026, with costs eligible for state reimbursement except those related to new criminal provisions. The legislation aims to prevent disruptions in children's care while protecting family privacy and parental rights during immigration enforcement actions.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Latest Voting History
 Ash KalraD Assembly Member | Committee Member |  Not Contacted | |
 Rebecca Bauer-KahanD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Isaac BryanD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Damon ConnollyD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Diane DixonR Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted |
- Establishes new protections for immigrant families by expanding who can legally care for children when parents are detained.
- Requires schools and daycares to protect immigration status information and follow strict confidentiality protocols.
- Authorizes courts to appoint joint guardians when parents face immigration detention or deportation.
- Extends caregiver authorization affidavits to last one year and includes non-relative caregivers as authorized signers.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Assembly Member Celeste Rodriguez's Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025 revises California's legal framework for protecting minors whose parents face potential separation due to immigration enforcement actions. The legislation modifies caregiver authorization procedures and strengthens privacy protections across educational, childcare, and guardianship systems.
The bill extends the validity of caregiver authorization affidavits to one year and expands who can serve as authorized caregivers to include "nonrelative extended family members" - adults with established relationships to the child or child's relatives. These caregivers gain authority to make educational and medical decisions for minors in their care, while maintaining parents' ultimate decision-making rights except when children's safety is at risk.
For licensed childcare facilities and schools, the act prohibits collecting information about immigration status and requires adoption of standardized protocols, developed by the Attorney General, for handling immigration enforcement requests. Facilities must exhaust all emergency contact options before seeking alternative care arrangements when parents become unavailable. The legislation also mandates confidential reporting of enforcement-related facility contacts to state authorities.
New guardianship provisions allow courts to appoint joint guardians when parents face immigration detention or deportation. These proceedings receive heightened privacy protections - records remain confidential, hearings are closed to the public, and information cannot be shared with immigration authorities without a court order. The bill preserves parents' ability to maintain involvement in their children's care through conditional guardianship arrangements that activate only during periods of forced separation.
Local educational agencies and childcare facilities must implement these changes by July 2026, with costs eligible for state reimbursement except those related to new criminal provisions. The legislation aims to prevent disruptions in children's care while protecting family privacy and parental rights during immigration enforcement actions.
Latest Voting History
Ash KalraD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Rebecca Bauer-KahanD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Isaac BryanD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Damon ConnollyD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Diane DixonR Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted |