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CA AB 1401

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Pupil records: parental access.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1401 pass?

No. CA AB 1401 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2025-05-13). Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).

What is CA AB 1401 about?

Existing law provides that parents and guardians of children enrolled in public schools have the right and should have the opportunity, as mutually supportive and respectful partners in the education of their children within the public schools, to be informed by the school, and to participate in the education of their children, as specified, to include, among other things, having access to the school records of their child. This bill would expressly provide in that latter provision that school records include both official and unofficial school records. The bill also would delete an obsolete reference.

Who sponsors CA AB 1401?

Patterson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1401.

Description

Existing law provides that parents and guardians of children enrolled in public schools have the right and should have the opportunity, as mutually supportive and respectful partners in the education of their children within the public schools, to be informed by the school, and to participate in the education of their children, as specified, to include, among other things, having access to the school records of their child. This bill would expressly provide in that latter provision that school records include both official and unofficial school records. The bill also would delete an obsolete reference.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-05-13 — From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pattersonauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  4. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and P. & C.P.

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  5. 2025-04-09

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.

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  6. 2025-05-13

    From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]

    2025-04-09 · fail · 2-5

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Bonta: no
    • Garcia: no
    • Muratsuchi: no
    • Patel: no
    • Alvarez: no
    • Lowenthal: other
    • Addis: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1401

Attribution

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