California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2247: Trauma Healing and Resilience Investment for Victimized and Exposed Youth Act.
Status: Vetoed, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add and repeal Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 8270) of Division 8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to victims of crime. victims of crime Trauma Healing and Resilience Investment for Victimized and Exposed Youth Act. Existing law generally provides for the compensation of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered as a result of those crimes…
From the enrolled text, August 30, 2026:
An act to add and repeal Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 8270) of Division 8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to victims of crime. victims of crime Trauma Healing and Resilience Investment for Victimized and Exposed Youth Act. Existing law generally provides for the compensation of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation Board from the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for specified losses suffered as a result of those crimes. Existing law sets forth eligibility requirements and limits on the amount of compensation that the board may award, and requires the application for compensation to be verified under penalty of perjury. This bill would create a pilot program, the Trauma Healing and Resilience Investment for Victimized and Exposed Youth Act (T.H.R.I.V.E.), to be administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the administration of grants to the County of Los Angeles to establish and administer a program to pay for mental health and counseling services for youth survivors of gun violence, as defined, who request those services and who reside in that county. The bill would require policies and procedures for distributing funds to meet certain requirements, including, among other things, allowing youth survivors of gun violence, or their parents or guardians …