Bills

AB 2026: Disabilities: person-first terminology.

  • Session Year: 2023-2024
  • House: Assembly
  • Latest Version Date: 2024-02-01

Current Status:

Failed

(2024-03-12: In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Enacted

Version:

Existing law makes various references to the terms autistic children, developmentally disabled children, developmentally disabled adults, disabled adults, severely disabled children, and seriously emotionally disturbed children in provisions of the Health and Safety Code and Welfare and Institutions Code.

This bill would make technical changes to those terms to put the person first, and would make other technical, nonsubstantive changes.

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