CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

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URGENCY STATUTE

Introduced by Senator Valladares

February 12, 2026

An act to add Section 11834.19 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to alcohol and drug treatment facilities, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

Vote: 2/3   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate facilities that provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. Violation of licensing provisions is punishable through revocation or suspension of the license and civil penalties.

This bill would prohibit an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility from operating within 1,000 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school or a daycare center if the recovery or treatment facility serves more than 6 residents and treatment is being provided at the facility.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 11834.19 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

11834.19.

A licensee shall not operate an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility within 1,000 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school or a daycare center if the recovery or treatment facility serves more than six residents and treatment is being provided at the facility.

SEC. 2.

This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

In order to protect California’s children who attend daycare centers, preschools, and K–12 public and private schools, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.