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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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Sept. 13, 2023 | CA | AB 659 | Requires All Students be Vaccinated against HPV | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (60 - 13) |
Sept. 11, 2023 | CA | SB 447 | Authorizes State and Public University Employees to Resume Travel to Previously Restricted States | Bill Passed - House (64 - 12) |
Sept. 7, 2023 | CA | AB 1078 | Prohibits School Book Bans | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (61 - 17) |
June 1, 2023 | CA | AB 252 | Require Certain Universities Share Sports Revenue with Student Athletes | Bill Passed - House (42 - 15) |
May 31, 2023 | CA | AB 659 | Requires All Students be Vaccinated against HPV | Bill Passed - House (59 - 14) |
Aug. 30, 2022 | CA | SB 1137 | Prohibits New Oil Wells Near Schools and Hospitals | Bill Passed - House (46 - 24) |
Aug. 18, 2022 | CA | SB 70 | Requires Mandatory Kindergarten | Bill Passed - House (59 - 12) |
May 26, 2022 | CA | AB 1746 | Expands Grant Programs to Reduce College Debt | Bill Passed - House (75 - 0) |
May 26, 2022 | CA | AB 2794 | Appropriates One Time Funds for Education | Bill Passed - House (72 - 0) |
May 23, 2022 | CA | AB 2214 | Extends the Environmental Quality Act to Private Schools | Bill Passed - House (50 - 19) |
Sept. 8, 2021 | CA | AB 101 | Requires High School Students to Complete Ethnic Studies Courses to Graduate | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (59 - 12) |
Aug. 30, 2021 | CA | SJR 1 | Establishes Resolution Urging Student Debt Cancellation | Bill Passed - House (55 - 13) |
June 2, 2021 | CA | AB 1550 | Establishes New Rules Regarding Higher Education Labor Relations | Bill Passed - House (61 - 16) |
June 2, 2021 | CA | AB 14 | Authorizes Local Educational Agencies to Report Their Pupils' Needs for At-Home Learning | Bill Passed - House (62 - 7) |
May 3, 2021 | CA | AB 1278 | Requires Public Universities to Include Information About Public Service Programs Online | Bill Passed - House (54 - 9) |
Feb. 25, 2021 | CA | AB 132 | Rescinds the Eliminating Age and Time-Out-of-High-School Requirements for the California Comeback Plan | Bill Passed - House (56 - 18) |
Feb. 25, 2021 | CA | AB 132 | Rescinds the Eliminating Age and Time-Out-of-High-School Requirements for the California Comeback Plan | Bill Passed - House (56 - 18) |
Jan. 15, 2021 | CA | AB 86 | Appropriates Funding to Reopen Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Bill Passed - House (48 - 13) |
Aug. 31, 2020 | CA | AB 331 | Establishes One Credit of Ethnic and Racial Studies as a High School Graduation Requirement | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (62 - 12) |
Aug. 30, 2020 | CA | AB 376 | Establishes Protections for Student Loan Borrowers | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (57 - 15) |
June 26, 2020 | CA | SB 98 | Establishes Distance Education Guidance and Standards | Bill Passed - House (57 - 17) |
Sept. 14, 2019 | CA | SB 328 | Requires Later Start Times for Middle and High Schools | Bill Passed - House (44 - 20) |
Aug. 26, 2019 | CA | SB 223 | Authorizes Medical Cannabis on K-12 Campuses | Bill Passed - House (43 - 22) |
May 28, 2019 | CA | AB 376 | Establishes a Student Loan Bill of Rights | Bill Passed - House (59 - 15) |
May 28, 2019 | CA | AB 493 | Specifies Biennial LGBTQ Teacher Training be Encouraged | Bill Passed - House (61 - 0) |
May 29, 2018 | CA | AB 2160 | Defines Playground Aides as Classified Employees | Bill Passed - House (51 - 26) |
Sept. 11, 2015 | CA | AB 329 | Requires Age Appropriate Comprehensive Sex Education | Bill Passed - House (51 - 26) |
Sept. 1, 2015 | CA | SB 707 | Prohibits Concealed Firearms on School Grounds | Bill Passed - House (54 - 24) |
Sept. 1, 2015 | CA | SB 707 | Prohibits Concealed Firearms on School Grounds | Bill Passed - House (54 - 24) |
Aug. 25, 2014 | CA | SB 1174 | Repeals Prohibition on Bilingual Education | Bill Passed - House (53 - 26) |
Aug. 21, 2014 | CA | AB 420 | Prohibits Student Suspensions for Certain Actions and Misconduct | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (62 - 16) |
May 15, 2014 | CA | AB 2127 | Limits Full-Contact Practices for Certain Sports | Bill Passed - House (50 - 22) |
Sept. 12, 2013 | CA | AB 375 | Amends Teacher Dismissal Requirements | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 22) |
Sept. 11, 2013 | CA | AB 484 | Amends State School Testing Programs | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (54 - 22) |
May 29, 2013 | CA | AB 375 | Amends Teacher Dismissal Requirements | Bill Passed - House (64 - 11) |
May 9, 2013 | CA | AB 1266 | Amends Sex-Segregated School Programs and Activities | Bill Passed - House (46 - 25) |
Aug. 29, 2012 | CA | AB 2132 | Encourages State Universities to Include Public Service in Tenure Policy | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (51 - 27) |
Sept. 6, 2011 | CA | AB 165 | Prohibits Public Schools from Charging Fees for Educational Activities | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (51 - 24) |
Aug. 30, 2011 | CA | SB 161 | Administration of Epilepsy Medication in Schools | Bill Passed - House (46 - 21) |
Aug. 29, 2011 | CA | SB 185 | Considering Race, Ethnicity and Gender in College Admissions | Bill Passed - House (49 - 28) |
July 5, 2011 | CA | SB 48 | Requires Teaching Gay History | Bill Passed - House (50 - 26) |
June 1, 2011 | CA | AB 131 | In-State College Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants | Bill Passed - House (50 - 27) |
May 5, 2011 | CA | AB 130 | Authorizes Student Financial Aid for Undocumented Immigrants | Bill Passed - House (51 - 22) |
March 17, 2011 | CA | SB 70 | Education Budget Amendments | Bill Passed - House (53 - 25) |
Aug. 31, 2010 | CA | SB 1381 | Increasing Age Requirements for Kindergarten and First Grade | Bill Passed - House (51 - 18) |
Aug. 30, 2010 | CA | SB 1317 | Parental Crime for Chronic Truancy | Bill Passed - House (58 - 17) |
Aug. 26, 2010 | CA | SB 1413 | Requiring Free Drinking Water in Public School Cafeterias | Bill Passed - House (52 - 22) |
Aug. 23, 2010 | CA | SB 970 | College Vote-by-Mail Drop-Off Locations | Bill Passed - House (48 - 28) |
June 3, 2010 | CA | AB 2047 | Expanding Authorized University Admission Considerations | Amendment Adopted - House (48 - 28) |
Jan. 5, 2010 | CA | SBx5 1 | Education Law Amendments | Bill Passed - House (45 - 17) |
Jan. 5, 2010 | CA | SBx5 4 | Education Law Amendments | Bill Passed - House (41 - 27) |
Dec. 10, 2009 | CA | ABx5 8 | Education Law Amendments | Bill Passed - House (48 - 25) |
Sept. 11, 2009 | CA | SB 19 | Eliminating Prohibition on Utilizing CALTIDES Data to Evaluate Teachers | Bill Passed - House (53 - 20) |
Sept. 3, 2009 | CA | SB 572 | Harvey Milk Day | Bill Passed - House (46 - 28) |
July 24, 2009 | CA | ABX4 2 | Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Revisions: Education Revisions | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (55 - 18) |
Aug. 31, 2008 | CA | SB 1301 | Extending Student Financial Aid Eligibility | Bill Passed - House (46 - 29) |
Aug. 13, 2008 | CA | AB 86 | Cyber-Bullying Enforcement | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (52 - 22) |
Aug. 7, 2008 | CA | AB 2567 | Creation of "Harvey Milk Day" | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (47 - 27) |
June 30, 2008 | CA | SB 823 | Private Postsecondary Education Regulation | Bill Failed - House (41 - 33) |
June 23, 2008 | CA | SB 606 | 'No Child Left Behind' Implementation | Bill Passed - House (54 - 24) |
June 9, 2008 | CA | SB 606 | 'No Child Left Behind' Implementation | Bill Failed - House (49 - 26) |
May 19, 2008 | CA | AB 2567 | Creation of "Harvey Milk Day" | Bill Passed - House (45 - 28) |
Aug. 21, 2006 | CA | SB 1437 | Prohibiting Discriminatory Content in Public School Curriculum | Bill Passed - House (47 - 31) |
May 5, 2006 | CA | AB 127 | Kindergarten-University Public Education Bond Act of 2006 | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (58 - 12) |