CA AB 1572
enactedCalifornia Interscholastic Federation: officials: registration, certification, and eligibility verification.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1572 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1572 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-18): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 267, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1572 about?
Existing law describes the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) as a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools, and sets forth the Legislature's intent regarding the CIF's implementation of certain policies. Existing law requires the CIF, on or before January 1, 2023, and on or before January 1 every 7 years thereafter, to report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken pursuant to specified provisions. Existing law requires the report to include the goals and objectives of the CIF with regard to, and the status of, among other things, the quality of coaching and officiating, as provided. Existing law requires all noncertificated candidates, prior to assuming a paid or volunteer position to work with pupils in a pupil activity program sponsored by a school district, including an interscholastic program, to obtain an Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate from the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Existing law requires the commission, upon verification of a candidate's personal identification and verification that the candidate meets specified requirements, to initially issue an Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate to the candidate for a 5-year period and authorizes the certificate to be renewed, as provided. This bill would require the CIF to verify the eligibility of its officials to officiate CIF contests by requiring those officials to annually register through a platform, as provided. The bill would require the platform to consist of (1) , until July 1, 2028, a statewide and standardized background screening, (2) , commencing July 1, 2028, a record of a valid Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate issued by the commission, including the applicable expiration date, (3) a record of rules tests, online training modules, sport-specific annual certification, and continuing education requirements, and (4) a record of liability insurance coverage. The bill would require the CIF to verify, as specified, that all components of the platform are complete before an official is deemed and marked as eligible to receive an assignment to officiate. The bill would require the CIF to ensure that its participating member schools, school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools can access the platform to verify the eligibility of an official, as specified. The bill, commencing July 1, 2028, would require the commission to regularly publish a list on its internet website of Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate holders who have their certificate suspended or revoked by the commission and would require the CIF to ensure that the platform selected by the CIF regularly reviews the list published by the commission in order to update the eligibility of the officials whose Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate has been suspended or revoked.
Who sponsors CA AB 1572?
Alanis is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1572, joined by 3 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law describes the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) as a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools, and sets forth the Legislature's intent regarding the CIF's implementation of certain policies. Existing law requires the CIF, on or before January 1, 2023, and on or before January 1 every 7 years thereafter, to report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken pursuant to specified provisions. Existing law requires the report to include the goals and objectives of the CIF with regard to, and the status of, among other things, the quality of coaching and officiating, as provided. Existing law requires all noncertificated candidates, prior to assuming a paid or volunteer position to work with pupils in a pupil activity program sponsored by a school district, including an interscholastic program, to obtain an Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate from the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Existing law requires the commission, upon verification of a candidate's personal identification and verification that the candidate meets specified requirements, to initially issue an Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate to the candidate for a 5-year period and authorizes the certificate to be renewed, as provided. This bill would require the CIF to verify the eligibility of its officials to officiate CIF contests by requiring those officials to annually register through a platform, as provided. The bill would require the platform to consist of (1) , until July 1, 2028, a statewide and standardized background screening, (2) , commencing July 1, 2028, a record of a valid Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate issued by the commission, including the applicable expiration date, (3) a record of rules tests, online training modules, sport-specific annual certification, and continuing education requirements, and (4) a record of liability insurance coverage. The bill would require the CIF to verify, as specified, that all components of the platform are complete before an official is deemed and marked as eligible to receive an assignment to officiate. The bill would require the CIF to ensure that its participating member schools, school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools can access the platform to verify the eligibility of an official, as specified. The bill, commencing July 1, 2028, would require the commission to regularly publish a list on its internet website of Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate holders who have their certificate suspended or revoked by the commission and would require the CIF to ensure that the platform selected by the CIF regularly reviews the list published by the commission in order to update the eligibility of the officials whose Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate has been suspended or revoked.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-25
- Latest action
- 2026-09-18 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 267, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Alanisauthor
- Zburcoauthor
- Umbergcoauthor
- Gonzalezcoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-18
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 267, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-18
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6850.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-27
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-25
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2026-08-13
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-03
Referred to Coms. on ED. and PUB. S.
referral-committee
2026-05-21
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-21
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5186.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
Coauthors revised.
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-06
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
referral-committee
2026-04-06
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-03-26
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-03-25
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2026-03-17
Coauthors revised.
2026-03-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on ED.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-02-17
Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S., & T. and ED.
referral-committee
2026-01-13
From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
2026-01-12
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
2026-03-17 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Valencia: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ward: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar.
2026-03-25 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Garcia: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Patel: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bonta: yes
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
AB 1572 Alanis Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-21 · pass · 72-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Soria: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Solache: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Davies: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bains: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hart: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Flora: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ramos: other
- Jackson: other
- Garcia: other
- Lackey: other
- Arambula: other
- Lee: other
- Chen: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2026-06-17 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Pérez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Choi: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-30 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Cortese: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
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