AB 495: ‘A Child Trafficker’s and Kidnapper’s Dream Bill’

The bill’s language applies to any child for any reason, regardless of immigration status

California parents have been betrayed once again by Democrats in the California Legislature, and are in for a shock from their elected lawmakers. Assembly Bill 495, ludicrously titled the “Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025” claims the bill “is a critical tool that will preserve California’s families.” Assemblywoman Celeste Rodriguez (San Fernando-D) says, “We must do everything we can to safeguard families from separation and ensure children are supported.”

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Sounds innocuous, and maybe even helpful, right?

The Senate Human Services Committee spells it out:

“This bill allows a court to appoint a temporary guardian for a child, chosen by the child’s custodial parent, who is empowered to assume guardianship duties of the child if the parent is temporarily unavailable due to an immigration-related administrative action, among other circumstances.” [emphasis the Globe]

 Assemblywoman Rodriguez, the author of the bill, claims AB 495 will provide compassionate solutions for immigrant families facing sudden separations due to detention or deportation.

Actually, and more to the point, AB 495 “creates legal loopholes that make kidnapping children easy,” the California Family Council explains. 

The bill’s actual language says this:

“The bill would expand the type of person who is authorized to execute a caregiver’s authorization affidavit to include a “nonrelative extended family member,” and grant them the same rights to authorize school-related medical care, for the minor that are given to guardians. By expanding who is authorized to sign a caregiver’s authorization affidavit for these purposes under penalty of perjury, this bill would expand the crime of perjury, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.

This bill would amend the statutory form for a caregiver’s authorization affidavit.”

This isn’t just about helping out immigrant families facing deportation – this bill specifies that a “nonrelative extended family member” has the same rights to authorize school-related medical care. Think abortions, puberty blockers, and sex-change operations for the kids of parents who don’t support their gender fantasies.

AB 495 is another bill that threatens parental rights. Based on the bill’s language, the law would allow the state to remove custody from parents who do not “affirm their child’s gender identity,” even going so far as to claim parents are abusive or neglectful for not indulging their minor child’s gender dysphoria.

AB 495 is reminiscent of Senator Scott Wiener’s Senate Bill 497, which “recognizes California’s role in prioritizing the safety of those seeking gender affirming health care.” This bill actually is “designed to hide the ever growing number of kids being poisoned, sterilized and maimed.”

“Gender affirming care” amounts to a chemical or surgical “Sex change,” and does not support or provide actual “gender affirming care.” It’s only about kids who are in some type of gender crisis.

AB 495 even redefines what qualifies as a “safe” home, replacing parents with government for the parental position of deciding what is best for a child. Just imagine the definition of an “unsafe” home: one in which the children are homeschooled, or one which has legally purchased and registered guns, or there is a freezer full of Venison hunted by dad, or a Trump flag flying next to the American flag, or a home which mixes the recycling and landfill garbage.

The bill language states:

“If an employee of a school is aware that a pupil’s parent or guardian is not available to care for the pupil, the school shall first exhaust any parental instruction relating to the pupil’s care in the emergency contact information it has for the pupil to arrange for the pupil’s care. A school is encouraged to work with parents or guardians to update their emergency contact information and not to contact Child Protective Services to arrange for the pupil’s care unless the school is unable to arrange for care through the use of emergency contact information or other information or instructions provided by the parent or guardian.”

Click here to read the full article in the California Globe