Bills introduced 2024

2,124

Bills that reached the Governor's desk 2024

A little over 1200.

You can find a list here.

Bills vetoed. 2024

About 16%. You can find a list here.

Crimes: Selling or furnishing tobacco or related products to those underage.

AB 2021 (Bauer-Kahan)

Creates new penalties for businesses that furnish tobacco-related products to those under 21. Existing penalties already apply to individuals.

Pupil instruction: excessive alcohol use.

AB 2865 (Carrillo)

Requires instruction about the nature and effects of alcohol to include information about the short-term and long-term health risks of excessive alcohol use.

Pupil safety: parental notification: synthetic drugs.

AB 2690 (Patterson)

Requires districts to modify their annual notification to parents or guardians about the hazards of synthetic drugs, and specifically include the point that social media platforms might be used to market and sell them.

Opioid antagonists: stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks: overdose training.

AB 1996 (Alanis)

Requires each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park to ensure that naloxone hydrochloride (or a similar product) is easily accessible and that its location is known by emergency responders on the premises.

Alcoholic beverage control: proof of age.

SB 1371 (Bradford)

Makes the use of a biometric system a defense to any criminal prosecution or proceedings against the licensee.

Pupil health: opioid antagonists and fentanyl test strips.

SB 997 (Portantino)

Schools must allow students to carry fentanyl test strips or a federally approved opioid antagonist for the emergency treatment of an opioid overdose.

Excused absences: uniformed services deployments.

AB 1884 (Ward)

Allows an excused absence when spending time with an immediate family member who is on active duty without requiring it be in a combat zone or combat support position.

Excused absences: military entrance processing.

SB 1138 (Newman)

Allows an excused absence for participation in military entrance processing.

Attendance: Truancy notifications.

SB 691 (Portantino)

Removes threats of prosecution of parents and pupils from first truancy notification. Adds information on why attendance is important to student success.

California Freedom to Read Act

AB 1865 (Muratsuchi)

Prohibits banning books or other resources in a public library solely based on partisan views, protected characteristics, or on the basis that the materials contain inclusive and diverse perspectives.

A public library must establish a written policy for the selection and use of library materials and facilities.

State prisons: banned books

AB 1986 (Bryan)

The Office of the Inspector General must post and review the list of banned books in state prisons, promoting access to literature for incarcerated individuals.

Childcare and development services: eligibility.

AB 1808 (Nguyen)

Aligns the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) eligibility period for families with other subsidized child care programs at 24 months.

Early childcare and education: California state preschool program.

AB 51 (Bonta)

As the Universal Transitional Kindergarten (UTK) initiative rolls out, it has impacted the pool of eligible four-year olds for the California State Preschool Program (CSPP). This bill supports an effective mixed delivery model by expanding the pool of prospective CSPP contractors through effective outreach and technical assistance.

Discrimination: race: hairstyles.

AB 1815 (Weber)

Clarifies that “race” includes traits associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles, providing stronger protections against discrimination.

Formally apologizing for slavery.

AB 3089 (Jones-Sawyer, Sr.)

Affirms California’s recognition of the harms caused by chattel slavery and issues a formal apology, which will be memorialized with a plaque in the State Capitol.

Pupil attendance: interdistrict attendance: school districts of choice.

SB 897 (Newman)

Prohibits school districts of choice from targeting their communications to cherry pick students from other districts.

Pupil discipline: transfer reporting.

AB 1984 (Weber)

Requires school districts and charter schools (LEAs) to provide data to the California Department of Education about student transfers due to disciplinary reasons. Requires the state department of education to advise LEAs against the use of transfers to avoid reporting suspensions and expulsions.

Suspensions and expulsions: voluntary disclosures.

AB 2711 (Ramos)

Prohibits the suspension of a pupil who voluntarily discloses use of a controlled substance, alcohol, intoxicants of any kind, or a tobacco product, solely to seek help through services or supports.

Governing boards: pupil members: expulsion hearing recommendations.

SB 1445 (Cortese)

Authorizes governing bodies to allow their pupil members to make restorative justice recommendations that would be considered in closed session expulsion hearings.

Educational equity: school site and community resources: neurodivergent pupils.

SB 939 (Umberg)

Requires school districts to post a list of statewide resources that provide support to youth, and their families who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, including on the basis of actual or perceived neurodiversity, religious affiliation, nationality, race, or ethnicity.

Education finance: LCFF: enrollment-based funding report.

SB 98 (Portantino)

Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to submit a report to the Legislature on the effects of changing pupil count methodology of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) from average daily attendance (ADA) to pupil enrollment. The Ed100 blog post on Attendance discusses this issue.

Education finance: emergencies: snowstorms.

SB 1429 Ochoa Bogh

Adds snowstorms to the list of emergency situations when a school district or charter school (LEA) may receive a waiver of instructional time requirements to ensure its funding is held harmless.

Student financial aid: KIDS Program: foster youth.

AB 2508 (McCarty)

Requires the Scholarshare Investment Board to open a California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program (CalKIDS) account for a student in the foster care system in grades one to 12.

Foster Care: protect foster youth's survivors benefits.

AB 2906 (Bryan)

Ensures that foster youth Social Security Administration survivors benefits are not used to pay for, or to reimburse the county for, any costs of the child's care and supervision.

Homeless and foster youth services.

AB 2137 (Quirk-Silva)

Authorizes a foster youth services coordinating program to provide needed tutoring, mentoring, and counseling services if they are not provided by the pupil’s school district.

Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program.

AB 3223 (Wilson)

Adds to the definition of “pupil in foster care” a child who is the subject of a juvenile court petition and has been identified as being at imminent risk of removal and placement into foster care.

Notification of missing foster child

AB 2108 (Ramos)

Requires county social workers and others to immediately notify parents, guardians, legal counsel and other pertinent adults when a foster child is missing.

Graduation requirements: local requirements: exemptions

AB 2251 (Connolly)

Clarifies that the governing board of a school district is authorized to adopt a policy to exempt pupils from its additional coursework graduation requirements.

High school graduation requirements: personal finance.

AB 2927 (McCarty)

Adds the completion of a one-semester course in personal finance to the graduation requirements.

For more about this change, see Ed100 Lesson 6.17.

School safety: web-based or app-based school safety programs

AB 960 (Mathis)

Encourages public schools, including charter schools, to implement a web-based or app-based school safety program that includes remote access to schoolsites' surveillance systems.

Office of Gun Violence Prevention

AB 1252 (Wicks)

Establishes the Office of Gun Violence Prevention to advise the Attorney General on gun violence prevention-related matters and the effectiveness of certain gun violence prevention laws and programs.

Comprehensive school safety plans: active shooters: armed assailants: drills.

AB 1858 (Ward)

Prohibits high-intensity active shooter drills. Requires the use of a trauma-informed approach in the design and execution of any drill. Requires the California Department of Education by June 15, 2025 to curate and post on its website best practices pertaining to school shooter or other armed assailant drills.

School facilities: interior locks

AB 2565 (McCarty)

School districts might be required to install interior locks on each door of any room with an occupancy of five or more persons if money to pay for it is included in a state budget appropriation.

Firearms: storage

SB 53 (Portantino)

Requires a person who possesses a firearm in a residence to keep the firearm securely stored when the firearm is not being carried or readily controlled. The bill also removes exemptions to existing child access laws for individuals who have no reasonable expectation that a child is likely to be present on the premises.

Child day care facilities: anaphylactic policy.

AB 2317 (Nguyen)

Requires the California Department of Social Services to create guidelines for how child day care services should train certain staff to treat a child in a medical emergency resulting from anaphylaxis. Specifies training including the emergency use of epinephrine auto-injectors.

Pupil health: extreme weather conditions: physical activity

SB 1248 (Hurtado)

By July 1, 2026, each school district must develop, implement, and annually review extreme weather protocols related to student physical activities outdoors, drawing on guidelines from the California Department of Education.

California school food safety prohibition.

AB 2316 (Gabriel)

Prohibits schools from offering or selling foods and beverages that contain food dyes red 40, yellow 5, and yellow 6. Consumption of synthetic food dyes can result in hyperactivity and other neurobehavioral problems in some children.

Pupil health: oral health assessment.

AB 2630 (Bonta)

Expands required oral health assessments to include both transitional kindergarten and kindergarten.

Pupil health: suicide prevention policies: pupil suicide crisis.

SB 1318 (Wahab)

Requires updated model policy to address crisis intervention protocols in the event of a pupil suicide crisis.

California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act

AB 2319 (Wilson)

Recognizes all birthing people, including nonbinary persons and persons of transgender experience and extends the evidence-based implicit bias training to include recognition of intersecting identities and the potential associated biases.

Pupil safety: identification cards/ Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

A signing message can be found here.

SB 1063 (Grove)

Requires a public or private school that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12 that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on the identification cards the number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. It also authorizes those schools to additionally have printed on either side of the identification card a quick response (QR) code that links to the mental health resources internet website of the county in which the school is located.

Mental health: involuntary treatment: antipsychotic medication.

SB 1184 (Eggman)

Requires an order for treatment with antipsychotic medication to remain in effect at the beginning of a detention period for various involuntary holds until the court hears a petition for that detention period and issues a decision.

Pupil safety: child abuse prevention: training.

AB 1913 (Dawn)

Requires schools to include child abuse prevention in the annual mandated reporter training requirement for teachers beginning July 1, 2025.

See Ed100 Lesson 8.2 for background on this subject.

Menstrual health education.

AB 2229 (Wilson)

Adds the topic of menstrual health to the definition of "comprehensive sexual health education."

Pupil instruction: course offerings: parental notification.

AB 1796 (Alanis)

Requires school districts to notify families about any dual enrollment or International Baccalaureate courses offered.

See Ed100 for background about Dual Enrollment.

Pupil instruction: homework policy.

AB 2999 (Schiavo)

Encourages creation of a homework policy to provide clear guidelines for assigning homework from transitional kindergarten through 12th grade.

Pupil instruction: abusive relationships.

AB 2053 (Mathis)

The California Healthy Youth Act already requires that all students receive education about sexual health and HIV for grades 7-12. This measure clarifies the education to include information about adolescent relationship abuse and intimate partner violence, as well as resources like the Domestic Violence Hotline.

Pupil instruction: mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotional regulation.

AB 3010 (Bauer-Kahan)

When the Health Education Framework for California Public Schools is next revised, the Instructional Quality Commission must consider including information on evidence-based schoolwide programs to support pupils in developing skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotional regulation.

English Language Learner Acquisition and Development Pilot Program repeal teacher credentialing authorizations

AB 2473 (Committee on Education)

Streamlines the process for teachers to earn a supplementary authorization in a new subject.

Public schools: artificial intelligence working group.

SB 1288 (Becker)

Requires a working group to develop guidance on the safe use of artificial intelligence in education.

Educational programs: single gender schools and classes.

AB 2046 (Bryan)

Authorizes Los Angeles Unified to continue offering its existing single-gender public schools through July 1, 2031, provided specified conditions are met.

Strong Workforce Program: applicants receiving equity Multiplier funding.

AB 3131 (McCarty)

Requires that school districts with high poverty levels be given positive consideration for the K-12 Strong Workforce Program, a career technical education initiative.

California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System: expanded learning opportunity programs.

AB-1113 (McCarty)

Requires collection of annual pupil enrollment data for each pupil enrolled in an expanded learning opportunity program

Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP) ,the After School Education and Safety Program (ASES), and the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC).

Algebra option in 8th grade.

SB 1410 (Ochoa-Bogh)

When the mathematics curriculum framework is next revised after Jan. 1, 2025, the Instructional Quality Commission is directed to consider an opportunity for pupils in grade 8 to be offered an Algebra I or Mathematics I course that is aligned to the content standards adopted by the state board.

College and Career Access Pathways partnerships.

SB 1244 (Newman)

Creates a process for school districts to initiate dual enrollment programs with a neighboring community college district.

English Learner Roadmap Policy

AB 2074 (Muratsuchi)

Requires the CDE to develop a statewide implementation plan for the English Learner (EL) Roadmap Policy.

Financial aid application.

AB 2165 (Reyes):

Requires LEAs, prior to exempting a student from the requirement to complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or a California Dream Act Application (CDAA), to provide students information about the consequences of not completing those applications.

Health education courses: fentanyl.

AB 2429 (Alvarez)

Schools that require pupils to complete a course in health education for graduation must include instruction in the dangers associated with fentanyl use.

Pupil instruction: course of study: social sciences: treatment of Native Americans

AB 1821 (Ramos)

Requires instruction for understanding the Spanish colonization of California and the Gold Rush Era, including the treatment and perspectives of Native Americans during those periods.

Instructional materials: history-social science: Mendez v. Westminster School District of Orange County.

AB 1805 (Ta)

Require the Instructional Quality Commission to consider providing for inclusion, in its evaluation criteria, content on the case of Mendez v. Westminster School District of Orange County into standards for history and social science by 2028.

Social sciences: personal financial literacy.

AB 1871 (Alanis)

Requires the social sciences area of study to also include instruction on personal financial literacy.

See reporting from EdSource.

Pupil instruction: genocide education: the Holocaust.

SB 1277 (Stern)

Establishes the California Teachers Collaborative for

Holocaust and Genocide Education to establish a statewide professional development program on genocide.

Youth courts as an alternative to incarceration in some instances

SB 1005 (Ashby)

Authorizes a probation officer to refer an offense to a youth, peer, or teen court to implement restorative justice practices designed to enable peer youth jurors to hear cases and make dispositions for offenses committed by youths.

Juvenile court schools: chronic absenteeism rates.

AB 2176 (Berman)

Ensures that all youth, including those who are incarcerated, may not be denied access to an equitable education, except in very limited and temporary circumstances due to potential safety concerns. Requires access to coursework should separation be deemed necessary for a limited time.

Improper use of restraints and isolation in residential treatment facilities

SB 1043 (Grove)

Requires the state Department of Social Services to publicly report how often and why children have been physically restrained or sent to seclusion. Parents, guardians, foster parents and tribal representatives must be informed of measures deployed in group care settings.

School safety and fire prevention: fire hazard severity zones.

AB 2968 (Connolly)

Requires local educational agencies in high or very high fire severity zones to include in their comprehensive school safety plan procedures related to severe fires, including a communication, refuge, and evacuation plan.

Cyberbullying Protection Act.

SB 1504 (Stern)

Amends the Cyberbullying Protection Act by requiring social media platforms to respond to reports of cyberbullying and disclose final determinations. It also authorizes the parents or legal guardians of minors, or school administrators, who report violations, to bring civil actions for those violations and increases the applicable penalty.

School safety plans: medical emergency procedures.

AB 2887 (Maienschein)

Requires school safety plans to include procedures for responding to heart attacks or similar life-threatening medical emergencies.

Family preservation services: standards

AB 3145 (Bryan)

Mandates that family preservation services providers demonstrate a track record of success, cost-effectiveness, and the ability to avoid or shorten out-of-home placements. Sets new rules for reporting.

Feather Alert: missing indigenous people

AB 2348

Revises and strengthens requirements for law enforcement agencies to respond within 24 hours of a request, and also allows for tribal governments to directly communicate with the California Highway Patrol about a request.

“Feather Alert” is about indigenous women or indigenous people who are reported missing.

Mental health: impacts of social media

AB 1282 (Lowenthal)

Requires the Department of Public Health to report to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature a statewide strategy to understand, communicate, and mitigate mental health risks associated with the use of social media by children and youth.

Phone-Free School Act

AB 3216 (Hoover)

Requires every school district, charter school and county office of education to adopt a policy limiting or prohibiting the use of smartphones.

Addictive online platforms

SB 976 (Skinner)

Prohibits online platforms from knowingly providing an addictive feed to a minor without parental consent. The bill also prohibits social media platforms from sending notifications to minors during school hours and late at night.

Pupils: use of social media.

SB 1283 (Stern)

Authorizes the governing board of a school district to limit or prohibit the use by its pupils of social media while the pupils are at a school site or while the pupils are under the supervision and control of an employee or employees of that school.

Pupil instruction: physical education: accommodation: religious fasting.

AB 2377 (Rivas)

Requires a pupil in kindergarten to 12 to be granted an accommodation in connection with engaging in any physical activity components of a physical education course during a period of religious fasting.

Physical education courses

AB 2073 (Quirk-Silva)

Permits schools to adopt alternate term schedules for physical education courses if aligned with the PE framework and existing PE requirements.

Special education: emotional disability.

AB 2173 (Addis)

Provides that the term "emotional disturbance" may also be known as "emotional disability" under state law.

Postsecondary goals and transition services.

AB 438 (Rubio)

Requires an Individualized Education Program to include measurable postsecondary goals and transition services starting in high school and not later than the first individualized education program when the pupil is 16.

Standardized individualized education program template: translation.

SB 445 (Portantino)

Requires the State Department of Education to develop and issue guidance on best practices in translating a pupil’s Individualized Education Program documents into the native language of a parent who is limited in English proficiency.

Pupil rights: prone restraint.

SB 483 (Cortese)

Prohibits the use of prone restraint in all schools. This dangerous form of restraint has been banned in at least 30 states.