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Committee advances bill to let parents use soft‑shell helmet add-ons in youth football
2675113 · March 18, 2025
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Summary
AB 708 would allow parents to provide and require leagues not to prohibit soft-shell helmet add‑ons for youth football; the committee voted 9-0 to pass the bill.
The Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism Committee unanimously approved AB 708, a measure by committee member Valencia that would allow parents to use soft‑shell helmet add-ons for youth football players and prohibit leagues from banning such equipment.
AB 708 is framed as a parental‑choice safety measure: the author said the soft‑shell add‑on technology, introduced in 2015 and evaluated by…
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